One Year Old Dies After COVID-19 Test Swab Breaks in His Nose

In what will likely be recorded in the World data as another Covid-19 death, a 1-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia has died following a Covid-19 PCR test that went tragically wrong.

The child’s uncle and legal guardian, Mosaed al-Joufan, told Al Arabiya: “He did not suffer from any chronic or dangerous diseases. He complained Friday evening of a fever and we took him to Shaqra General Hospital with his mother.”

After he was examined by a doctor, they decided to conduct a nasal swab, even though he was in good health and only complained of a high temperature.”

The uncle said the swab broke inside the child’s nasal cavity, so the doctor decided to put him under general anesthesia to extract the broken swab from the child’s nose.

“At around 1 a.m., they informed me the operation was over and that the doctor was able to take the swab out.”

At 9 a.m. in the morning, the boy lost consciousness, and the medical staff found that he wasn’t breathing and performed CPR.[1]

If you’ve ever seen the PCR tests performed, you’ll fully understand how this can happen, the swabs are pushed up your nose until it can go no further without resistance.

A tragic death, which was entirely unnecessary.

Tears – This is so sad. A one and a half year old Saudi child died due to a #coronavirus swab breaking inside his nasal cavity after medical staff at a hospital performed a #Covid19 test as he had a fever. https://t.co/8Nuut7FjG3

— Amy Chew (@1AmyChew) July 15, 2020

Sources:

[1] alarabiya.net