Five-year-old boy dies of rare fungal infection as family raise funds to combat disease

The heartbroken family of a five-year-old who died of a rare fungal infection have raised funds to help combat the disease.

Noah Tesselaar died in June 2020 after his leukaemia blood cancer left his immune system too weak to fight off the invasive fungal infection.

The fungus, called Mucormycosis, is very hard to diagnose and treat and doctors looking after little Noah were unable to identify that it had taken hold until after his death.