Virginia girl, 10, died of COVID-19 after her teacher appointed her 'class nurse'

The parents of a 10-year-old Virginia girl who died from COVID-19 complications just days after a substitute teacher named her as a 'class nurse', say they were never told of her role. Teresa Sperry was named class nurse at Hillpoint Elementary School in Suffolk on September 21. Teresa Sperry, 10, was named class nurse at Hillpoint Elementary School in Suffolk on September 21. She complained of a headache the next day and died on September 27 Nicole and Jeff Sperry, parents of Teresa Sperry, say school did not do thorough job of investigating death of their 10-year-old daughter Teresa is one of 18 children under 19 who has died from COVID-19 in Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Teresa was unvaccinated, as children under the age of 12 weren't eligible for a vaccine until a month later According to the school district's report, the school nurse and the teacher, a long-term substitute, said that Teresa walked one student with an arm injury to the nurse's clinic on September 21.