Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...sure-1.6008021
Alberta family searches for answers in teen's sudden death after COVID exposure, negative tests
No Albertan under 20 is known to have died from disease - Sarah Strate's family fears she may be the 1st
Jennifer Lee ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 30, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A southern Alberta mother and father are grappling with the sudden, unexplained death of their 17-year-old daughter, and with few answers, they're left wondering if she could be the province's youngest victim of COVID-19.
Sarah Strate ? a healthy, active Grade 12 student at Magrath High School who loved singing, dancing and being outdoors ? died on Monday, less than a week after being notified she'd been exposed to COVID-19.
While two tests came back negative, her parents say other signs point to the coronavirus, and they're waiting for more answers.
"It was so fast. It's all still such a shock," said Sarah's mother, Kristine Strate. "She never even coughed. She had a sore throat and her ears were sore for a while, and [she had] swollen neck glands."
Kristine said Sarah developed mild symptoms shortly after her older sister ? who later tested positive for COVID-19 ? visited from Lethbridge, one of Alberta's current hot spots for the virus.
The family went into isolation at their home in Magrath on Tuesday, April 20. They were swabbed the next day and the results were negative...
Alberta family searches for answers in teen's sudden death after COVID exposure, negative tests
No Albertan under 20 is known to have died from disease - Sarah Strate's family fears she may be the 1st
Jennifer Lee ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 30, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A southern Alberta mother and father are grappling with the sudden, unexplained death of their 17-year-old daughter, and with few answers, they're left wondering if she could be the province's youngest victim of COVID-19.
Sarah Strate ? a healthy, active Grade 12 student at Magrath High School who loved singing, dancing and being outdoors ? died on Monday, less than a week after being notified she'd been exposed to COVID-19.
While two tests came back negative, her parents say other signs point to the coronavirus, and they're waiting for more answers.
"It was so fast. It's all still such a shock," said Sarah's mother, Kristine Strate. "She never even coughed. She had a sore throat and her ears were sore for a while, and [she had] swollen neck glands."
Kristine said Sarah developed mild symptoms shortly after her older sister ? who later tested positive for COVID-19 ? visited from Lethbridge, one of Alberta's current hot spots for the virus.
The family went into isolation at their home in Magrath on Tuesday, April 20. They were swabbed the next day and the results were negative...
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