One-and-a-half-year-old boy dies after contracting Covid-19; S'pore's first coronavirus death under 12

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A 1½-year-old boy who came down with Covid-19 has died, said the Ministry of Health. In a statement on Monday night (June 27), MOH said the child died from encephalitis - or inflammation of the brain - due to Covid-19, and two other viruses. The two viruses are...

He was then admitted to the Children's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition on June 22, and was diagnosed with severe Meningoencephalitis.

His polymerase chain reaction or PCR test came back positive for Covid-19 as well as the other two viruses.

 

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