Orange family struck by Delta variant urges people to get COVID vaccinations

Tanya Marschke
Updated September 24 2021 - 12:05pm, first published September 21 2021 - 4:30am
WORSE THAN EXPECTED: Sisters Paxton, Olivia and Dimity Buckerfield are on the mend after their entire household caught the Delta strain of COVID-19. Photo: SUPPLIED
WORSE THAN EXPECTED: Sisters Paxton, Olivia and Dimity Buckerfield are on the mend after their entire household caught the Delta strain of COVID-19. Photo: SUPPLIED

An Orange mother says she was so unwell she couldn't get out of bed to look after her sick children when the whole family was struck down with the coronavirus recently.

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Tanya Marschke

Tanya Marschke

Journalist

I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

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