- The boy of 14 who collapsed and died during a PE lesson
was killed by a cold, tests showed yesterday.
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- The common virus spread to Jake Shelvey's brain causing
an infection, a postmortem revealed.
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- He was normally healthy but had told his mum he felt
slightly ill that day.
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- Head teacher Jonathan Oddy said Jake was helping set
up a running track on a playing field when he "dropped to the floor"
at 10.30am on September 16.
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- Devastated friends said he had seemed fine before the
class at Barstable School, Basildon, Essex. He was taken to Basildon General
Hospital but later died.
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- The Royal College of GPs' flu unit said: "This is
extremely rare. There is only a remote chance of a common cold resulting
in death."
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- But colds can trigger viral bodies which can fatally
inflame the brain, a spokesman added.
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