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In The Weeks prior to the day of the mother, who was busy 33-year-old Aya (not her real name), with the gift to be your Mama. Little did you know that you would be burying you instead.

Aya's mother was Egypt under The First 10 coronavirus-dead.

Although Egypt is not announced, The Presence of Covid-19, mid-February, it was not until The First week of March, when the country began new cases on a regular basis.

So Far , More Than 2,000 people in Egypt have been infected and at least 160 died with the disease.

'I want to hug you, but I can't'

though her mother already thought to be bad for a week, Aya never would have, that would be The End .

she remembers breaking down after hearing The News .

"I My Brother said that he's lying. He told me earlier that she was getting better and better," Aya says.

"We had hoped that they would be Back Home In Time for her birthday in April since she had been hospitalized a few days before mother's day. We both went to combine with each other to celebrate. "

Aya ' s has taken mother to a quarantine hospital in Helwan district, South of Cairo, a day before her death after testing positive for Covid-19.

The 69-year-old was in a private hospital since Monday of this week, as they tested for The First time-a negative coronavirus and repeat The Test a few days later, Aya says.

"The Last Time I spoke to her was on Tuesday... I was with my dad all The Time because he had a coronary stenting procedure on Sunday. "

will Not be able to Say Goodbye to, was not the only challenge for Aya.

On the same day of Aya's mother's death, all the prayers and sermons is that the whole country were suspended. All mosques were ordered shut down as well.

So, Aya, she was forced to perform The Funeral prayers inside The Hospital 's morgue.

The Process of The introduction of her mother ' s body from The Hospital lasted a long time, so that you not only managed to be buried in the night, she says.

"Very few members of the family. We were all wearing masks and gloves. My sister-in-law held my hand and whispered: 'I want to hug you, but I can't'. My Brother , mother-in-law was destroyed on the ground. But none of us could comfort The Other . "

"My father could not say good-bye to mom also. He attended The Funeral , but he had not seen her for a week".

After the death of her mother, Aya's father was admitted in the same hospital, when he tested positive for Covid-19.

"When he left, I lost it. I kept wailing on the ground," she says.

her father made a recovery and returned home last weekend.

Though neither Aya nor her brother tested positive, they had to be in isolation.

"As A Family , we were not able to be there for each other. "

'My mom is a Martyr,'

the realization of The Challenges facing those who have lost loved, Rana Sameeh created a WhatsApp group with the aim of spreading The Names of those who have died, so people can pray for you.

Rana, a 31-year-old engineer, collects this name from the Social Media posts. Also some of those who have lost loved ones, and they grip to your questions, to The Names of your deceased relatives in The Group list.

"the mosques are closed, but the people don't stop to die. Funeral prayers are very important for us," says Rana.

There is More Than one Hadith (sayings attributed to the prayer of The Prophet Muhammad) which talk about the value of a large number of people attending The Funeral .

Rana's WhatsApp group was on 24 March, and in a few days it reached the maximum number of members allowed by the app: 256.

A similar group on Facebook.

Ramy Saad Set Up "Salat al-Ghaib" what prayer is translated as "absentee funeral", after he pray to a picture of a small group of people on The Street in front of a coffin.

Normally would many people take part in such prayers.

"It was a very sad scene. So, I decided to Do Something about it," Ramy, a 30-year-old entrepreneur says.

The Group has also been created on the 24. March and attracted over 4,000 followers in just 10 days.

Aya says that the virtual groups began to pray more and more people, lost loved ones, but you have much More Than that.

"I received many condolence messages from people I don't know if you read about My Mother 's death on Facebook... a, in the fourth grade classmate, even called me, and His Mother 's condolences. I didn't remember him at first. "

This support, Aya says, has helped her through her grief.

"This ordeal makes my mom a Martyr. I believe in this, and that gives me strength, I don't know I had in me. You had died under normal circumstances, I would have completely collapsed. "

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Source of news: bbc.com