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An S.F. scientist working on COVID just lost his mother in India to the virus. He's not alone
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Dipali Suryamanshi puts a mask on son Prathamesh, 3, as her husband, San Francisco scientist Rahul Suryawanshi, holds him before heading outdoors in San Francisco. Many of Rahul Suryawanshi’s relatives became infected with the coronavirus in India.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of7Rahul Suryawanshi, 36, holds his son Prathamesh, 3.5, at home on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. Suryawanshi is a scientist at the Gladstone Institutes who studies the coronavirus in mice. His parents, grandmother, brother, cousins and 3-month-old niece all became infected with the virus, and most ended up in the hospital. Suryawanshi's 54-year-old mother is still in intensive care and he worries constantly about the oxygen supply constraints in India now.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less