Valentina Boscardin, a Brazilian mannequin, died on account of COVID issues final week aged simply 18.

She had been totally vaccinated in opposition to COVID and was additionally wholesome earlier than falling sick with the virus, in keeping with varied Spanish-language information shops. She reportedly handed away on Sunday.

CNN Portugal, in addition to Brazilian journalist Felipeh Campos, by way of his Instagram account, reported that Boscardin had suffered a blood clot throughout her COVID an infection. Newsweek has been unable to confirm this.

Campos described her, in a submit translated from Portuguese, as "on the rise and able to tackle a world profession."

Boscardin's mom, Marcia Boscardin, who's a well known Brazilian presenter, additionally confirmed the mannequin's passing on Instagram. "It's with nice ache that I say goodbye to the love of my life," she wrote.

Valentina Boscardin was a part of the Ford Mannequin Brasil Sao Paulo modeling company, in keeping with newspaper La Vanguardia, and had been following within the footsteps of her mom who had additionally had a modeling profession earlier than transitioning to tv.

It's not exceptional for younger and wholesome individuals to get severely sick with COVID. Wynter Ho, a 26-year-old California lady, was just lately launched from hospital after having spent greater than half a 12 months receiving look after COVID issues—although she had not been vaccinated.

After being discharged she instructed information outlet ABC 7: "I really feel I used to be meant to catch it, to relay the message that younger individuals my age must get vaccinated."

All through the pandemic, Brazil has reported greater than 22 million COVID circumstances and 620,507 deaths, in keeping with knowledge from Johns Hopkins College. About 69 % of the nation's inhabitants is totally vaccinated.

Weekly COVID circumstances within the nation have been declining in current months from June to December 2021, however there was a pointy enhance over the previous a number of days, Johns Hopkins College knowledge additionally exhibits.

Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been criticized all through the pandemic for what some have seen as a poor and reluctant response to the virus, which has hit Brazil exhausting. The nation has among the many highest whole dying tolls on the planet.

Final week, the top of Brazil's well being regulator Anvisa requested Bolsonaro to retract essential statements he had made relating to the authorization of COVID vaccines for youngsters.

Bolsonaro had questioned "the pursuits of vaccine maniacs" in a radio interview, in keeping with Reuters.

Globally, there had been greater than 312 million confirmed COVID circumstances together with 5,501,000 deaths as of January 12, in keeping with the World Well being Group. There had additionally been round 9.2 billion vaccine doses administered.

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A inventory picture exhibits the hand of an nameless affected person in a hospital mattress. A younger Brazilian mannequin just lately handed away with COVID issues aged simply 18.kckate16/Getty