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The mother of a Leeds student who died after she was suspected to have been infected with coronavirus has been named by her family as Carol Jamabo.

Mother-of-two Ms Jamabo, 56, is believed to be the first care worker to be identified publicly after succumbing with the killer virus.

Her youngest son, 22-year-old Abiye Selema, is a student at Leeds University and has also now tested positive for the virus, according to the family.

Ms Jamabo worked as a carer in the community for Cherish Elderly Care in Bury, Greater Manchester but fell ill around a week before her death last Wednesday, her family said.

Care worker Carol Jamabo (centre), with her sons Tonye Selema (left) and University of Leeds student Abiye Selema (Photo: Family handout/PA Wire)

A devout Christian, she served the public as a key worker for over 25 years, after moving to the UK from Nigeria in the early 1990s.

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She previously worked in both the prison service and as an NHS administrator at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London.

Most recently, she worked as a carer in the community after moving from the south east to Bury, Greater Manchester, to be closer to her two children, Abiye and 25-year-old Tonye.

Ms Jamabo became suddenly unwell at her home whilst with Abiye and was then rushed to hospital.

She is not thought to have had any major underlying health conditions but did suffer from asthma.

Over the days her condition rapidly deteriorated, according to her nephew, Dakuro Fiberesima, from Purfleet, Essex.

She was transferred to an intensive care unit and put on a ventilator at Salford Royal Hospital but could not be saved.

Mr Fiberesima said: “It happened so rapidly. No one was by her side.

Mother of Leeds student is first named UK carer dead with suspected coronavirus