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Japanese mother infected with Covid-19 commits suicide because 'it is inexcusable I have become a nuisance' and she blamed herself for her daughter catching the virus

    The woman was found dead in her apartment in Tokyo after contracting the virus
    She was self-isolating at home and showed no symptoms before taking her life
    In a note she left, the mother said she felt sorry for causing trouble for her family
    The parent also blamed herself for spreading Covid to her daughter and husband

By Emilia Jiang For Mailonline

Published: 10:26, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 10:30, 22 January 2021
 
A Japanese mother who tested positive for the coronavirus has killed herself at her home after she felt sorry for causing trouble for her family, reports say.  The woman, aged in her 30s, was found dead last Friday in her Tokyo apartment where she was self-isolating after contracting Covid-19.  In a note she left behind, the parent wrote that ‘it is inexcusable that I have become a nuisance,’ and blamed herself for her daughter catching the virus.  A Japanese mother who tested positive for the coronavirus has killed herself at her home after she felt sorry for causing trouble for her family, reports say.  The woman, aged in her 30s, was found dead last Friday in her Tokyo apartment where she was self-isolating after contracting Covid-19.   In a note she left behind, the parent wrote that ‘it is inexcusable that I have become a nuisance,’ and blamed herself for her daughter catching the virus.  Health experts have called for necessary mental care for the people who self-isolate at home during the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than two million people worldwide.  Ueda Michiko, an associate professor studying suicide at Waseda University, told NHK that many people feel pressured when they get infected for the virus as they think that they might spread the virus or cause trouble for others.  ‘There is also the fact that you are restricted from interacting with others, which may mentally drive you into a corner,’ Michiko said.

‘We need a system that understands how to care for them.’

The news comes as the number of people taking their own lives in Japan has risen for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate.  Japan's health and welfare ministry said Friday that 20,919 people died by suicide in 2020 according to preliminary data, up 3.7 per cent from the previous year. That compares with 3,460 deaths from coronavirus in the same period.  It marks the first year-on-year rise in suicides in more than a decade, with women and children, in particular, taking their lives at higher rates.  Japan has long had the highest suicide rate among the Group of Seven advanced countries  though regionally South Korea registers higher figures. But the government has worked in recent years to better support people with mental health needs.  Japan has seen a smaller coronavirus outbreak than some countries, avoiding the harsh lockdown measures put in place elsewhere, and a fall in suicides during the first half of 2020 raised hopes that the pandemic's impact might be limited.  But the figures began to rise in July after a first state of emergency was lifted in May, a pattern experts say tracks with data showing suicides often drop in the first phase of crises such as conflicts and natural disasters, before rising sharply.

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Lost Soul:
Sad, we all need to be there for our loved ones and anybody we know that doesn't have support.

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