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Two young students at same school die after contracting Covid-19 within a week of each other

Two young boys who attended the same school passed away after they both contracted Covid-19 within the same week.

The pair, who attended St John Fisher Catholic College, in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the UK, both died in October.

Mohammed Habib, who died on October 24, died from a bleed on the brain following a stroke caused by Covid-19, a medical exam has found.

A North Staffordshire Coroner's Court spokesman said: "The coroner was provided with a cause of death which he was satisfied was natural and further investigations were not required. The cause of death was: 1a Cerebral oedema; 1b Stroke; 2: Covid-19."

Meanwhile, investigations are continuing into what caused the death of fellow St John Fisher Catholic College pupil Harry Towers just six days later, as StokeonTrentLive reports.

The teenager, who was a year ahead of Mohammed, had also contracted coronavirus and passed away on October 30.

However, it is expected that Harry's death is not linked to the virus and the coroner has not opened an inquest.

The coroner's spokesman said of Harry's case: "A post-mortem examination has been undertaken and the investigation is still ongoing as a cause of death has not yet been provided.

"At this stage the coroner is expecting that the cause of death may be natural and so an inquest has not been opened."

Pupils at St John Fisher Catholic College had been due to have Covid vaccinations at the school just weeks before the two boys passed away.

However, the jabs were rescheduled for mid-November and it is understood that neither boy had been vaccinated.

Acting headteacher Garrett Murray declined to comment on the coroner's findings or the delay in the school coronavirus vaccinations when approached by StokeonTrentLive.

Staffordshire's director of public health Richard Harling has also so far declined to comment on the cases.

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