Living in a Trailer for a Year to Avoid Passing COVID to 80-Year-Old Mother... Emotional Reunion After Vaccination

Last December, spent Christmas together after vaccination
"Christmas with family felt like magic"

Sarah Link, a British nurse who lived in a trailer for about nine months to avoid transmitting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to her 84-year-old mother. / Photo by Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] In the UK, a nurse couple reportedly lived in a trailer for a whole year out of concern that they might transmit the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to the husband's 80-year-old mother.

According to British media such as the BBC on the 11th (local time), nurse Sarah Link and her husband Gary Link, who work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, lived in a ?600 (about 900,000 KRW) trailer for the past nine months. They were worried about passing the COVID-19 virus to the elderly mother, who is 84 years old this year.

When the Link couple first started living in the trailer, they thought they would stay for at most one or two months, but the trailer life reportedly continued for about nine months.

The Link couple contracted COVID-19 last month, but thanks to living in the trailer, they were able to avoid transmitting the virus to the mother. Both of them have now reportedly been declared fully recovered from COVID-19.

Thanks to the Link couple's efforts, the mother was able to live safely for the past year and was selected as a priority recipient for vaccination last December, receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Because of this, the Link couple were able to return home and spend Christmas with their family.

Sarah, who works as a nurse, also warned about the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in an interview with the BBC. She said, "Foolishly, some people still believe COVID-19 is not real and roam the streets," emphasizing, "I want to show them my hospital room. If they see the hospital room, they wouldn't say such things."

Regarding living in the trailer, she said, "It was very difficult, but I was able to endure it because I was with my husband," adding, "If it is to protect my mother, I could live in the trailer again."

About spending Christmas with her mother after vaccination, she shared her emotional feelings, saying, "As the new year dawned, we all shed tears thinking about last year with the family," and "Christmas with the family felt like magic. It felt like winning the lottery."

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