LONDON, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, a London hospital trust has said.
Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton in south London, died in King’s College Hospital early on Monday. He is thought to be the youngest person to have died with the virus in the UK.
As of 17:00 BST on Monday, the number of UK deaths was 1,789.
The latest figures saw a daily increase of 381 – the biggest rise so far.
Ismail’s family said he had no apparent underlying health conditions and tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, a day after he was admitted to hospital.
Meanwhile, a coronavirus app that alerts people if they have recently been in contact with someone testing positive for the virus “could play a critical role” in limiting lockdowns, scientists advising the government have said.
The location-tracking tech would enable a week’s worth of manual detective work to be done in an instant, they say.
But the academics say no-one should be forced to enrol – at least initially.
UK health chiefs have confirmed they are exploring the idea.
“NHSX is looking at whether app-based solutions might be helpful in tracking and managing coronavirus, and we have assembled expertise from inside and outside the organisation to do this as rapidly as possible,” said the tech-focused division’s chief Matthew Gould.
The study by the team at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute and Nuffield Department of Medicine was published in the journal Science. — NNN-AGENCIES
