THE family of the 13-year-old boy who died of coronavirus "will probably never recover", Sadiq Khan said today.
Teen Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab was rushed to King's College Hospital in London after suffering breathing difficulties but tragically died.
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And heartbreakingly, the young teen from Brixton, South West London, passed away on Monday without his mum or six siblings by his side due to the contagiousness of the disease.
The teen apparently had no underlying health conditions.
He is one of the more than 1,800 people killed in the UK by the deadly bug – with the capital the worst hit.
Today, London Mayor Sadiq Khan paid tribute to the young boy along with 19-year-old Luca Di Nicola who died from coronavirus despite having no underlying health conditions.
He said: "Ismail, I just want you viewers to understand this – a 13-year-old died by himself at King's College Hospital.
And Mr Khan warned young people should not believe they were immune from catching the virus.
He said: "My concern is cities, because of our density, tend to be places where there are more deaths.
"There have been more than 1,800 deaths and more than a third of those will have been in London."
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It comes after family friend Mark Stephenson, director at the Madinah College in Brixton, said Ismail had no underlying health conditions.
A statement released on GoFundMe said: "Ismail started showing symptoms and had difficulties breathing and was admitted to Kings College Hospital.
"He was put on a ventilator and then put into an induced coma but sadly died yesterday morning."
Boris Johnson's chief medical adviser, Professor Chris Whitty had previously warned young people were still at risk of the virus.
He said: "The great majority will have a mild or moderate disease and will get through this.
"But there will be some young people who will have severe disease, even though they are otherwise young and healthy – and we have seen cases around the world."
It comes after a teen boy from Portugal became the youngest victim of the coronavirus in Europe.
Vitor Godinho, 14, tragically died in a hospital near Porto in the early hours of Sunday morning after falling ill with the virus.
And new analysis, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, has showed an increase in risk for coronavirus once a person reaches middle age.
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