Two boys from the identical college died inside days of each other after they caught Covid-19, autopsy exams have now revealed.
Mohammed Habib, 14, was a 12 months 10 pupil at St John Fisher Catholic School, Newcastle-under-Lyme when he contracted the virus earlier this 12 months.
{The teenager} handed away on Sunday, October 24 and was buried days later at Fenton Muslim Cemetery following a service at Markaz At-Waheed in Hanley.
Now a medical examination has discovered Mohammed died from a bleed on the mind following a stroke brought on by Covid-19.
It was additionally revealed that investigations had been persevering with into the demise of 15-year-old Harry Towers, who had additionally contracted coronavirus, who died on Saturday, October 30.
His sister, Charlotte Nugent, paid tribute to him and confirmed he had not been vaccinated.
Mohammed Habib, 14, and Harry Towers, 15, had been each learning for GCSEs at St John Fisher Catholic School in Newcastle-under-Lyme (pictured) once they caught Covid and died in October
Investigations are persevering with into the demise of 15-year-old Harry Towers (pictured), who had additionally contracted coronavirus and died on Saturday, October 30
Covid vaccines had been attributable to be held on the college simply weeks earlier than the 2 teenage pupils died, though they had been rescheduled and solely flu jabs had been supplied, MailOnline understands.
Neither Harry nor Mohammed had identified underlying well being situations.
Each college students had been remembered with prayers throughout a digital meeting on Wednesday November 3, with senior employees paying tribute to the pair.
Harry’s demise continues to be being handled as unexplained, however senior coroner Andrew Barkley is anticipating the reason for demise could also be pure, stories the BBC.
‘It’s appropriate that the pathologist is contemplating Covid-19 as being contributory to the demise of Harry Towers, however at this stage, the reason for demise continues to be beneath investigation,’ he mentioned.
Harry returned a detrimental lateral circulate check simply two days earlier than he died, and was planning to return to high school, however his situation deteriorated and he handed away two days later.
In tribute, his sister Charlotte mentioned he had desires of turning into a historical past trainer and was a ‘form form, mild lad who at all times stood as much as bullies’.
Garrett Murray, performing head trainer of the boys’ college, informed the BBC: ‘We went above and past what was anticipated with our Covid restrictions.
‘My rational head tells me that we did all the pieces we may and it was a tragedy in each conditions, however with my irrational head, I beat myself up every single day.’
He has right this moment declined to touch upon the coroner’s findings or the delay within the college coronavirus vaccinations.
Staffordshire’s director of public well being Richard Harling has additionally thus far declined to touch upon the instances.