‘Mama, you are my life’: Sydney removalists mourn mum after Covid death

Tributes flow for the mother of twin removalists at the centre of an alleged Covid breach controversy after she died from the disease on Monday.

A Sydney woman who became the city’s fifth person to die from Covid-19 during the latest outbreak has been mourned by her family and community on social media.

The woman, aged in her 50s, was the mother of twin removalists who have been charged for allegedly working while infectious with coronavirus.

One of the twins honoured the woman in a Facebook post reading: “Mama, my love, you are my life, Mama, you are my comfort and my life, Mama.”

The other changed his profile picture to an image of his mother, which drew hundreds of comments from people praying for the woman.

“May her soul rest in peace,” several people wrote.

The woman’s congregation, based in Fairfield, posted a tribute to the woman as well.

“A candle for the deceased and pray for her, and our deepest condolences from the Chaldean Batnaya Association, Sydney, to the family of the deceased,” the social media post read.

The Green Valley woman was in her 50s when she died. Picture via Facebook.

The twins both posted tributes on social media to their late mother.

The twins were seen sitting in a car while emergency officials worked. Picture by 9 News.

NSW Police said in a statement officers responded to a concern for welfare at a home on Thursday Place, Green Valley, at 9.15am on Monday where they found the body of a woman in her 50s.

NSW Health confirmed the woman was positive for Covid-19 and was a close contact of another case.

“NSW Health today sadly reports the death of a woman in her 50s who was a confirmed Covid-19 case. She was a resident of southwestern Sydney and a close contact of a Covid case,” the department said.

“This is the 61st death in NSW related to Covid-19 and the fifth of the current outbreak.

“NSW Health extends its sincere sympathy to her family and friends.”

Police cordoned off the block in Green Valley were the woman lived. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

People were seen sitting in cars while the emergency officials worked. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Police announced on Saturday they had charged three removalists – the twin brothers, aged 27, and a man aged 21 – after they allegedly travelled to western NSW despite knowing they had the virus.

The men have blamed the incident on a language barrier and believed they had followed health advice.

They say one of the men received their positive result when they were already in Orange.

NSW has recorded more than 1300 local coronavirus infections since an airport driver first tested positive in mid-June.

There have been 914 total confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in Australia since the pandemic first hit the country.