![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/girl-15-died-astonishingly-quickly-on-day-she-was-due-to-receive-covid-jab/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_Jorja-Halliday-death.jpg&description=Jorja Halliday, 15, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died from rare heart inflammation in the early hours of 24 September last year after testing positive for Covid-19 hours earlierJorja Halliday died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital last year after she tested positive for Covid-19 A teenage girl died after deteriorating "astonishingly" quickly after suffering a rare inflammation of the heart linked to Covid-19, an inquest has heard. Talented kickboxer Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on September 28 2021 after being referred as an emergency by her GP after her heart began beating fast and she struggled to keep food down. The 15-year-old's mother, Tracey Halliday, said that Jorja died on the day that she was due to have her Covid-19 vaccine. She told the Portsmouth inquest that Jorja first started to feel unwell in the early hours of September 24 and tested positive that day. Jorja had a telephone appointment on September 27 with the GP, who prescribed her antibiotics for a sore throat because she had a history of tonsillitis and gave her advice on treating Covid-19 symptoms. Her death left siblings Daisie and Kallum devastated ( PA) She had just celebrated turning 15 when she died last year ( PA) Ms Halliday said that by September 28, Jorja's condition worsened as she kept vomiting. She was given a further appointment at the GP's surgery at lunchtime when all other patients had been dealt with because she was Covid-19 positive. Jorja had a high heart rate of 147 beats per minute, prompting the GP to send her as an emergency case to hospital. Ms Halliday said she drove her daughter to hospital because the wait for an ambulance would have been too long. She said that Jorja's condition deteriorated quickly and she was being placed in a medically-induced coma in order for her to be transferred to Southampton for specialist care but her condition worsened further and she died about five hours after arriving at hospital. Dr Nicho){kind=link}
Jorja Halliday, 15, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died from rare heart inflammation in the early hours of 24 September last year after testing positive for Covid-19 hours earlier
A teenage girl died after deteriorating “astonishingly” quickly after suffering a rare inflammation of the heart linked to Covid-19, an inquest has heard.
Talented kickboxer Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on September 28 2021 after being referred as an emergency by her GP after her heart began beating fast and she struggled to keep food down.
The 15-year-old’s mother, Tracey Halliday, said that Jorja died on the day that she was due to have her Covid-19 vaccine.
She told the Portsmouth inquest that Jorja first started to feel unwell in the early hours of September 24 and tested positive that day.