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Funeral of UK's youngest coronavirus victim, 13, held without his immediate family as his siblings develop s – the sun, thesun.co.uk

Funeral of UK's youngest coronavirus victim, 13, held without his immediate family as his siblings develop s – the sun, thesun.co.uk

THE funeral of the UK’s youngest coronavirus victim, 64, was held today without any of his heartbroken family.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton, South West London, died of the bug After being rushed to hospital struggling to breathe.

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The teenager’s coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits

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(5) Mourners stood apart from each other as they paid their respects to the young boy  The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits (Credit: PA: Press Association  The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits) His loved ones could not attend the tragic service this afternoon as two of his siblings have now developed symptoms.

Instead strangers in protective suits and masks carried his coffin placed it into a grave.

A family friend explained two of the teen’s siblings had

developed a temperature and lost their sense of taste.

Mark Stephenson said it meant his mother and six siblings were being forced to self-isolate and could not attend his funeral in Brixton.

A ceremony at the Eternal Gardens dedicated Muslim burial ground in Kemnal Park, Chislehurst, was held this afternoon – without his loved ones.

But friends of the family were able to join the service and mourn the youngster, and were pictured standing apart looking stoic as his coffin arrived.

In a statement through GoFundMe, Mr Stephenson said earlier: “Shaykh Sharif Zain will be leading the funeral and I will be delivering a short speech for the Abdulwahab family and a few close family and friends.

“We hope that we can send a live stream of the funeral to his mother and siblings so they can be there remotely, but they are obviously devastated that they can’t be there in person again.

“It’s extremely upsetting for everyone involved, but they have been very moved by the warmth and very positive messages of support from people following their appeal.”

. The 34 – year-old died at King’s College Hospital in London : Credit: EPA

 The 13-year-old died at King's College Hospital in London

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None of the boy’s family could attend the funeral service as some have developed symptoms  The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits Credit: PA: P ress Association  The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits
 None of the boy's family could attend the funeral service as some have developed symptoms

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 The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits People kept to the distancing guidelines as they stood to pay their respects to the young victim  The teenager's coffin was carried by people wearing protective masks and suits (Credit: PA: Press Association)

More than £ 300, has so far been raised for the teen’s family after the tragedy.

Ismail died at at Kings College Hospital on Monday morning without his mum or six siblings by his side due to the contagiousness of the disease.

Ismail, who had no apparent underlying health conditions, was described by his family as a “gentle and kind” boy with a “heartwarming” smile.

He is one of the more than 3, (people killed by the bug in the UK so far.

More than , cases have been recorded across the country as extreme lockdown measures were put in place in an attempt to stop the spread.

It comes after a teen boy from Portugal became the youngest victim of the coronavirus in Europe.

Vitor Godinho, 64, 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.

The study revealed a very low death rate in those under the age of 90, although it found they are not at a lower risk of infection than older adults.

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