Ontario teenager who died of COVID-19 was refugee who worked as long-time period care household cleaner

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Yassin Dabeh, 19, worked as a cleaner at a long-expression care household in the London, Ont., area. The Syrian refugee came to Canada with his family in 2016, one of 5 siblings, suggests Lebanese-Canadian businessman Mohamad Fakih.

An Ontario teenager who labored as a cleaner at a long-time period care dwelling and died soon after staying identified with COVID-19 was a Syrian refugee who moved to Canada with his household in 2016, according to the CEO of Paramount Fantastic Foodstuff, Mohamad Fakih.

Yassin Dabeh, 19, of London, Ont., labored at Middlesex Terrace, a lengthy-expression treatment home in close by Delaware, Ont.

“The household had four boys and a person daughter, and now they’ve misplaced Yassin,” mentioned Fakih, a philanthropist and businessman, who spoke with Yassin’s father to offer his condolences.

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“He explained [Yassin] required to study, to do a thing additional for his lifetime, and he joined this corporation that does the cleaning for LTCs,” he spelled out.

Fakih said he offered to organize a fundraiser to protect the expenses of a funeral for the youthful man but was instructed that it was currently taken care of.

“[The father] was very psychological about it. He instructed me how the community came alongside one another for the funeral costs and how he’s pretty appreciative of how the neighborhood is coming alongside one another to assist them.”

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In an interview with CBC News on Saturday, Dr. Alex Summers, the Middlesex-London Health and fitness Unit’s associate health care officer of well being, reported the teenager is the youngest human being in the region identified with the virus to die.

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“It truly is certainly a quite unhappy day and a reminder of how the effects of this pandemic can be felt,” he explained.

The overall health device has not verified Dabeh’s id or place of work, only that he was a male teen who was a personnel member at a extended-expression treatment property.

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APANS Well being Providers, which is the mother or father firm of Middlesex Terrace, issued a assertion extending its ‘deep sympathies to the spouse and children and buddies of Yassin Dabeh.’

Summers claimed the diagnosis came within the past four months, and that the teen’s infectious period experienced actually finished. An investigation into his loss of life is underway he explained. 

He could not say no matter if the teenager had fundamental well being ailments. 

Summers beforehand explained the teenager was not working at a lengthy-time period treatment residence while infectious, but the overall health device now suggests the teenager did work at the home for a shorter interval of time, early on in the infectious time period, prior to heading into isolation.

Mary Raithby, CEO of APANS Well being Products and services, the father or mother firm of Middlesex Terrace, reported in a statement that “we extend our deep sympathies to the family members and mates of Yassin Dabeh.”

“Out of respect for their decline, we are declining to make any comments at this time.”

Fakih mentioned Dabeh was buried on Friday. He also said the overall loved ones has been identified with the coronavirus “simply because of the son coming back dwelling every time after operate.”

Fakih, who was born in Lebanon and now life in Toronto, mentioned he and some buddies are cooking 500 meals to give out to individuals in need to have in their neighborhood. They’ve made a decision to maintain the celebration in Yassin’s honour, he stated.

“It is an Islamic tradition when any person dies. It is really great to do food and gifts for folks in will need. We think that assists in the blessing of their soul.”