A “wholesome” teenager died from suspected coronavirus after being informed he had “nothing to fret about”.
Luca Di Nicola, 19, labored as a chef at a household restaurant in Enfield, North London, earlier than contracting Covid-19.
Initially from east Italy, Luca, died on the North Middlesex Hospital in London.
His household described him as “very wholesome”, though he did go to a GP with coronavirus signs earlier than he died.
Talking to Italian information outlet La Repubblica, Luca’s auntie stated: “For per week earlier than his dying Luca had a fever and a cough and my sister-in-law Clarissa and her accomplice Vincenzo who lived in the identical home additionally had it.
“The London-based physician gave my nephew some paracetamol.
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“However Luca obtained worse on March 23.
“The physician visited him at house and informed him that he was younger, sturdy and that he did not have to fret about that dangerous flu.”
Nonetheless, Luca’s situation worsened when he collapsed after complaining of chest pains.
Members of the family known as an ambulance, and paramedics managed to revive him, however his lungs collapsed.
There are actually fears that Luca’s mum Clarissa and Vincenzo could have the illness after exhibiting comparable signs.
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They’ve been informed to self-isolate for 2 weeks.
Italy continues to be Europe’s worst affected nation for coronavirus, with nearly 11,000 deaths.
The nation has recorded greater than 92,000 circumstances of Covid-19, with 919 dying in a single day on Friday, Italy’s largest day by day toll.
The most typical signs of the coronavirus are:
- a dry, persistent cough
- a fever
When you expertise these signs, you need to instantly self-isolate your self for seven days.
It isn’t essential to name NHS 111 except your signs get extra extreme.
Some sufferers have reported fatigue, headaches, shortness of breath and aches and pains. Sneezing shouldn’t be a symptom of the coronavirus.
Almost 86 per cent of deaths amongst these with coronavirus have occurred in sufferers older than 70, in response to Italy’s Nationwide Institute of Well being.
Final week, an 101-year-old Italian man turned one of many oldest folks on report to outlive the bug.
The centenarian, who was born in the course of the Spanish flu in 1919, was launched from hospital in Rimini on Thursday in response to Italian media.
It’s the second pandemic the person has survived, in response to the deputy mayor of Rimini Gloria Lisi, who referred to him as “Mr P”.