A nurse who died after contracting coronavirus had attended to a patient a few days before they had symptoms of the virus, an inquest has heard. Alexis Anne Adshead, of Gilfach Goch, died on April 23, 2020. Working as a nurse at Ty Eirin Care Home in Gilfach Goch at the time, Mrs Adshead, 58, first noticed symptoms of Covid on Thursday, April 2, 2020.
Other patients and staff at the home had presented with symptoms of coronavirus in the days leading up to when Mrs Adshead first noticed symptoms, including two residents - one of which Mrs Adshead had provided care to - and a colleague, the inquest heard.
Mrs Adshead's husband, Simon Adshead, said she developed a cough on the Thursday, which subsided a little the next day. She did not attend work the following Friday and Saturday due to her symptoms. However, on Tuesday, April 7 her condition worsened and she was taken to A&E by ambulance and given oxygen.
