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Singapore reports second Covid death in child as cases surge

A person navigates a touch screen monitor to receive a free Covid-19 antigen rapid test kit from the government on a vending machine in Redhill in Singapore, July 9, 2022. (Bloomberg photo)

A four-year-old girl in Singapore who contracted the coronavirus died of pneumonia on Sunday, marking the city-state’s second death caused by Covid-19 in a patient aged under 12 years.

The death comes less than a month since a one-and-a-half year old toddler infected with Covid-19 passed away in the country, which is going through a wave of infections driven by Omicron sub-variants. 

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