Netivot boy, 6, died of heart condition after getting flu – report

Health experts have concluded that a 6-year-old boy from Netivot who died suddenly on Monday was stricken with myocarditis as a result of complications from the flu, Kan reports.

Yosef Naim, who had recovered a month earlier from the coronavirus, did not wake up Monday morning after going to sleep with a fever. His sisters were hospitalized after suffering from shortness of breath and vomiting.

The case had puzzled doctors, who investigated if the death was related to his prior coronavirus infection.

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