Although Raisya Ufairah Mohammed Ashraff, the 4-year-old who passed on due to COVID-19 in Singapore, started having symptoms such as fever and sore throat on 15 July, the four-year-old had tested negative on the COVID-19 antigen rapid tests (ART).
This was two days after the family’s domestic helper tested positive for COVID-19, and she was subsequently isolated in her own room.
The Worsening Condition
The Ministry of Health (MOH) stated that Raisya had no other medical history and was in good health.
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Her troubles began on 15 July, when she developed symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection and fever.
Despite having these symptoms, the ART the four-year-old took had negative results.
According to a study released in January, polymerase chain (PCR) tests of saliva are faster at detecting the virus than ART by an average of three days.
This is because Omicron could have been transmitted to others and infected their throat and saliva first. If a suspected patient swabs their nostrils too early, before the virus even reaches the nose, it is likely that the antigen rapid test won’t pick up the virus.
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When Raisya’s condition took a turn for the worse on Sunday (17 Jul), her mother Ms Mardalina Mohamed Nossi took her to a general practitioner clinic, where the girl took another ART and she tested positive for COVID-19.
The doctor prescribed medications for her symptoms, but Raisya’s condition didn’t improve in the slightest.
When Ms Mardalina tried to feed Raisya the medicine, she started to vomit and foam at the mouth.
She lost consciousness and collapsed later that night.
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Ms Mardalina, who is also a mother of two twin boys aged 10, called an ambulance and was told over the phone to place her daughter on the ground next to the road.
A passer-by tried giving the four-year-old cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the ambulance arrived.
As Raisya was being conveyed to the hospital, the paramedics told Ms Mardalina that they were trying to find her daughter’s pulse.
Alas, two hours after arriving at the hospital’s accident and emergency department, Raisya Ufairah Mohammed Ashraff died due to pneumonia caused by the coronavirus.
After the doctor confirmed Raisya’s death, Ms Mardalina spoke to her daughter with tears in her eyes, “Mummy accepts that you are gone forever. Go play in heaven.”
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