Misplaced tube contributed to first UK child Covid death, coroner rules

Socially distanced mourners watch as Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab is buried in Chislehurst. His mother and six siblings could not attend the funeral because they were in self-isolation. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

A misplaced medical tube contributed to the death of the first child in the UK to die after contracting Covid, a coroner has found.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, of Brixton, south London, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome, caused by Covid-19 pneumonia, on 30 March 2020, three days after testing positive for coronavirus. He had a cardiac arrest before he died.