JAKARTA: An 11-year-old girl has become Indonesia’s youngest person to die after contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday, as the country’s death toll from Covid-19 nearly tripled from a week ago. The girl, who was also suffering from dengue fever, was admitted to hospital on Madura Island off the coast of Java on March 19. Tests only confirmed this week that the girl also had Covid-19. Indonesia said on Wednesday its death toll from Covid-19 had reached 157 including 11 frontline doctors – compared with 58 a week ago. While the virus is most dangerous for the elderly, there have been a number of cases around the world of younger people dying.

Source: New Strait Times April 01, 2020 10:41 UTC