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Her oldest daughter, 25-year-old Vanessa, is determined to keep the siblings together.
The US is experiencing record-high deaths from the virus.
Last fall, Vanessa Perez was worried about her mother, Mayra Millan.
Millan worked in a grocery store in order to provide for her six children, who ranged in age from 6 to 25. But Perez was worried that interacting with the public could leave Millan exposed to COVID-19. We were absolutely concerned because in our household she was the only essential worker and she was older, Perez told Good Morning America. My brother had just graduated from college in May and he was looking for employment so that he could provide for my mom and my mom wouldn t have to work during the pandemic.
Millan worked at a local grocery store and was considered an essential employee.
As the Phoenix woman takes care of her five siblings, she also started to think about how her mom contracted the virus. She said that her mom possibly got infected while she was working at the local grocery store.
When their mom continued to work during the coronavirus pandemic, they started to become very concerned. Since all of the six children lived in the same house in Phoenix as well.
Perez said, We were absolutely concerned because in our household she was the only essential worker and she was older.