Inquest to examine treatment of first child to die of Covid in UK

Coroner to look at whether misplaced medical tube contributed to death of Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13

A misplaced medical tube may have contributed to the death of the first child in the UK to die after contracting Covid, a review of the case heard on Tuesday.

Thirteen-year-old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab's death on 30 March 2020 at King's College hospital in London prompted widespread shock, which was compounded when it emerged that his immediate family, including six siblings, could not attend his funeral because of Covid lockdown restrictions.