Sako Isaako, whose wife Ianeta died of Covid in their Emerton home, is recovering

Devastated Sako Isaako has asked relatives to care for his three children until he is released from hospital and can tell them their mother Ianeta has died of Covid.

A grieving husband fighting Covid at Nepean Hospital after his wife died of the disease is out of intensive care and has been asking after his three young children.
Sako Isaako has been battling the Delta strain at the Sydney hospital where he was transported after his wife Ianeta, 30, collapsed and died at their Emerton home with the virus on Monday.
His three children, who did not catch the virus, have been sheltered from the devastating news of their mother’s death and have been cared for by their father’s sister and grandparents.

Ianeta Isaako (right) was found dead at her Emerton home on Monday, and her husband Sako (left) has been since fighting the illness in hospital.

“Sako has made progress and was very sick at one stage but was determined to get better for his children — he didn’t want to leave them orphaned,” a cousin said.
“He has been in hospital texting family asking how the children are. He’s got his phone on his chest.

“As soon as there’s a message about the children he texts back because he has difficulty breathing and speaking.
“Doctors have discharged him from intensive care into a Covid ward this morning.
“The children don’t know yet what’s happened to their mum yet. Sako will tell them when he comes out. He’s heartbroken.”

A team of police and paramedics wearing personal protective equipment found Ianeta dead at her Emerton home on Monday. Picture: TNV

Sako Isaako is also battling Covid in hospital after his wife died at their home in Emerton. Picture: Toby Zerna

Mrs Isaako’s terrified husband called Triple-0 begging paramedics to rush to their home on Monday, telling them his wife was not breathing and that he was also “very sick”.

Despite their best efforts, paramedics could not resuscitate Mrs Isaako and took her husband by ambulance to Nepean Hospital. Her body was driven away in a coroner’s van.

It is not sure how the family caught the virus but Suko, a crane dogman, had been laid off work several weeks ago due to Covid restriction regulations and in late July called his work Melrose Cranes and Rigging in Seven Hills to inform his boss he had been traced as a casual contact and would be isolating at home with his family.

“Suko is such a smiler, we love him here,” company owner Gregg Melrose said. “We are a family company and the news of Ianeta’s death has upset us.”

“We haven’t seen him since July and have been told the children are safe and with family.”

A gofundme fundraising campaign for the family has raised $45,000. Visit it here: gofundme fundraiser