
They love each other but Covid has torn them apart
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Unmarried couples of differing nationalities separated by coronavirus travel bans will spend this year's Valentine Day apart from their loved ones. Here's how Covid is hurting long distance love.
Paris (CNN) — When Riëtte Badenhorst got home from her cancer surgery in South Africa, all her fiancé Steve Mann could do was comfort her on the phone, all the way from the UK. Riëtte wishes he had been with her. "Friends and family help, but it's not the same," she tells CNN. "Video calls help, but it's not the same.... We want to hold each other when one is sad and feel overwhelmed." Badenhorst and Mann began dating in 2016 and got engaged three years later. They have not seen each other in more than a year, even after Badenhorst cancer diagnosis.More Related News

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