15-year-old girl died from COVID-19 on day she was due for vaccination

• A 15-year-old girl from the UK died of COVID-19 on the day she was due to be vaccinated.

• Jorja Halliday had canceled her vaccine appointment because she was isolating herself.

• “I can’t understand this happened,” said her mother, Tracey.

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A 15-year-old girl from the UK died of COVID-19 on the day she was due for the vaccine, her family said.

Jorja Halliday, of Portsmouth, died at Queen Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday, four days after testing positive for the virus.

She had canceled her vaccine appointment because she was isolating herself.

Jorja’s mother, Tracey Halliday, said the high school student was a “loving girl” with lots of friends, an aspiring musician and a talented kickboxer.

“She was very active, she loved going out and spending time with her friends and loved spending time with her siblings,” Ms. Halliday said, according to The Guardian.

“Growing up she became a beautiful young woman, always wanting to help others, always there for everyone. It’s heartbreaking because your children are always made to outlive you, and that’s the only thing I don’t. can’t overcome. “

Ms Halliday said Jorja, who had no underlying health issues, developed flu-like symptoms before taking a PCR test which gave a positive result.

The teenager’s symptoms continued to worsen and on Monday she couldn’t eat because her throat had a sore throat, in which case she was given antibiotics.

A doctor admitted her to the hospital because her heart rate was “double what it should have been.”

“They realized how bad it was and I was still allowed to touch her, hold her hand, hug her and everything,” Ms. Halliday said.

“They allowed me to do this. I’m at a point where I can’t understand that it has happened.

“I was with her the whole time. They tried to put her on a ventilator to give her body a chance to recover. Her heart rate didn’t stabilize. Her heart couldn’t take the pressure. worked as well as I think they could medically but couldn’t save her.

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“She had the best care, I know they did everything they could to save her.”

As of October 3, more than 159,000 people in the UK have died from COVID-19.

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