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Two apparently healthy teenagers have died in London after contracting coronavirus.
Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, and Luca Di Nicola, 19, both passed away
having picked up the deadly virus.
Ismail, a schoolboy from Brixton, started showing symptoms and had trouble breathing on Thursday so was rushed to hospital, his relatives said.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-healthy-boy-13-is-youngest-uk-victim-11966526
They told how he tested positive for the disease the following day and was
put on a ventilator then into an induced coma - but he died in the early
hours of Monday at King's College Hospital.
COVID-19 is so infectious that his family could not be close to him as he passed away.
"We are beyond devastated," a statement released through a family friend
said.
"To our knowledge he had no underlying health conditions."
The ExCel London exhibition centre is being turned into an NHS coronavirus hospital
An appeal on a GoFundMe page set up by Madinah College to help with
funeral costs said: "It is with great sadness to announce that the younger brother of one of our teachers at Madinah College has sadly passed away
this morning (Monday 30 March 2020) due to being infected with COVID-19.
"Ismail was only 13 years old without any pre-existing health conditions
and sadly he died without any family members close by due to the highly infectious nature of COVID-19."
The appeal, which aimed to reach £4,000, has already raised more than £24,000.
One donor wrote: "I have a 13-year-old and I can't imagine what you are
going through. So so so sorry for your loss. Xxx."
Madinah College said it was "overwhelmed" with the "instant support" and tweeted "may Allah accept and love you all".
In a statement, King's College Hospital told Sky News: "Sadly, a 13-year
old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts
and condolences are with the family at this time.
"The death has been referred to the coroner and no further comment will be made."
Mr Di Nicola, an assistant chef from Nereto in central Italy, was also
called "very healthy" by his family, and the NHS confirmed he had no
underlying health conditions.
He was taken by ambulance to the North Middlesex Hospital in Enfield,
north London, last Tuesday - but died 30 minutes later, from apparent
fulminant pneumonia.
Luca's father, Mirko, told La Repubblica that his son had contracted the
virus, and that the family received an email from British medical
authorities saying a postmortem swab had confirmed that.
It is believed the coroner has not officially confirmed it.
The government's latest daily announcement said 393 more people have died
after catching coronavirus - taking the UK total to 1,808.
A 12-year-old girl in Belgium is the youngest known person to die in
Europe after catching coronavirus.
Doctors have warned that while older people with health problems are at particular risk of COVID-19, that does not mean young people will be unaffected.
Dr Nathalie MacDermott, a clinical lecturer at King's College London,
said: "It is very sad to hear of the death of a 13-year-old infected with COVID-19.
"While we know it is much less likely for children to suffer severe
COVID-19 infection than older adults, this case highlights the importance
of us all taking the precautions we can to reduce the spread of infection
in the UK and worldwide."
Dr Jenny Harries, England's deputy chief medical officer, said young
people can still be affected and "it doesn't matter what age you are - you should be staying at home and observing all the social distancing measures
we have highlighted".
### - hmm, am curious as to the common denominator(s) existing between a seemingly completely healthy 13 year old and an 80 year old with serious underlying medical conditions? what is it that they share that's different
to that which all human beings otherwise share?
would this youngster have maybe gone-on in later life to develop similar serious underlying medical conditions for example? in which case, could it
be then a particular sequence of genetic material that they both share in common that would otherwise lead to developing them that, in this
instance, renders them both particularly susceptible to this virus?
that if true and eventually identified, this could even lead to future
tests used to detect such 'pending' illnesses well in advance of ever
going-on to actually developing them in later life depending on what they entail...
am guessing we'll have to wait until all the stats are finally in before
being able to draw any such conclusions and/or correlations, if any, huh,
but it's interesting...
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