The youngest person to die from COVID-19 in Australia contracted the virus a fortnight before he suddenly deteriorated.
Aude Alaskar, a 27-year-old forklift truck driver, was in isolation with his wife, a disability worker, at their home in Liverpool in south-west Sydney.
It is believed she caught the virus first and her husband then became infected on July 21.
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Aude Alaskar, 27, died from coronavirus. His wife, who also has the virus, was rushed to Liverpool Hospital.(Supplied/Kate Geraghty)
A relative told 9News he had relatively mild symptoms until lunchtime yesterday, when he started coughing, vomiting and then collapsed.