A 10-year-old has died of Covid-19 complications in the Maldives.

This is the first time Maldives has reported the death of a child due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is yet to publicize further details regarding the death.

RaajjeMV understands that deceased is a child with special needs.

This comes at a time the public health authority has stressed on the increasing number of coronavirus infections among children. As such, HPA revealed that about 80 children under 10 years of age test positive for Covid-19 every single day.

Pediatric Infections Expert Dr Nazla Mustafa earlier stressed that although children are less likely to suffer serious complications from the virus, this does not mean this does not happen.

Maldives is yet to receive the approval to vaccinate children against the coronavirus pandemic. However, the use of Pfizer vaccinations on children was recently approved.

Doctors recently discovered a new pattern between the detection of Covid-19 symptoms and being brought into intensive care. As such, patients in ICU are observed to deteriorate within 10 days and more patients are being put on ventilator support as days pass battling the devastating Covid-19 surge.

Authorities have imposed strict measures in the capital region as well as in outlying atolls in light of the spiking cases. As such authorities strengthened measures to be effective from May 26 onwards. The curfew period has been extended from 4pm to 8am and individuals will only be allowed to go out outside of the curfew hours, under a special permit. Since then the Covid-19 case load has been gradually declining.