Worker ‘cared for everyone’
A RAILWAY ticket office worker who died of coronavirus after being spat at while on duty was “a good person, a good mother, and a good wife” who cared for everybody, her devastated widower has said.
Belly Mujinga, 47, was on the concourse of Victoria station in London on March 22 when a member of the public who said he had Covid-19 spat and coughed at her and a colleague. Within days of the assault, both women fell ill with the virus.
Ms Mujinga, a mother to 11-year-old Ingrid, was admitted to Barnet Hospital and put on a ventilator but died on April 5, her trade union, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA), said.
Her husband, Lusamba
Gode Katalay, told the PA news agency how the suspect walked up to Ms Mujinga and spat in her face.
He said: “The man asked her what she was doing, why she was there, and she said they were working. “The man said he had the virus and spat on them. They reported it to their supervisor. “Belly came home and told me everything.” Mr Katalay said his wife had an operation four years ago and had underlying respiratory problems. Within a week of the incident, she began to feel ill and was admitted to hospital on April 2. “That was the last time I saw her,” Mr Katalay said. “We just said: ‘Be good,’ and that God is in charge. “We did a WhatsApp video in hospital, but then I didn’t hear from her again. I thought she might be asleep, but the doctor to phoned me to tell me she had died.” Mr Katalay and daughter Ingrid were two of just 10 people at Ms Mujinga’s funeral on April 29, following her death on April 5.