Covid-19: Ianeta Isaako found dead at home in Emerton

A mother-of-three children has become the youngest woman to die from Covid in NSW, with the deadly virus also leaving her husband fighting for life in hospital.

A mother-of-three children has become the youngest woman to die from Covid in NSW, with the deadly virus also leaving her husband fighting for life in hospital.

Ianeta Isaako, 30, was found unresponsive at her home on Helena Ave in Emerton, in western Sydney, about 3pm on Monday just days after she had tested positive to the virus.

It is understood her condition deteriorated quickly and despite the best efforts of paramedics who rushed to the scene, she could not be resuscitated.

Mrs Isaako’s loved ones posted an emotional video of her body being driven away by a coronial van on Monday night, while at the same time her husband Sako was receiving treatment having also caught the virus.

A team of police and paramedics wearing personal protective equipment discovered the body at the home on Helena Ave in Emerton. Picture: TNV

The home in Emerton. Picture: TNV

The couple and their three children lived in a small flat next to older relatives, with neighbours on the quiet suburban street saying they often saw the parents and their young kids in the frontyard.

She is 75th fatality from the Delta variant and 131st death from Covid in NSW.

“They were a nice young family, you’d always see them playing out the front with their kids,” one neighbour said.

“There was a few of them in there, I think they might have lived next to their grandparents or something.

“When I saw the ambulances there last night I didn’t know what was going on but then we saw it all on the news, it’s very sad … she was in her 30s I think, it’s way too young.”

Neighbours said they had seen police and army personnel at the home in recent days.

Emergency services at the scene. Picture: TNV

Emergency services were called to the home on Helena Ave at Emerton at about 3pm on Monday. Picture: TNV

Under the current efforts to contain the virus in southwest and western Sydney, army officers are assisting police in ensuring compliance for anyone who has tested positive.

As news of Mrs Isaako’s death spread on social media, tributes flowed in from friends and family.

“Thank you to all our family and friends who have reached out, this was our final goodbye to our sweet Ianeta, ohh too soon … way too soon,” her relative Fiva Isaako wrote.

“Till we meet again my dear sister. Our babies are safe sissy. I love and miss you so much.”

Paramedics heavily clad in personal protective equipment were at the home until late on Monday night.

Ianeta Isaako with her husband Sako.

Ianeta Isaako (R) was found unconscious at her Emerton home on Monday night and later died. Picture: Facebook

An ambulance returned to the home on Tuesday afternoon to check up on those still living at the address.

In a statement, NSW Health said it “extends its deepest sympathies” to Mrs Isaako‘s loved ones.

“This tragic death is being investigated by the Western Sydney Local Health District and has been referred to the Coroner,” the statement read.