Heartbroken friends of a 38-year-old Brazilian student who died after a two-week battle with Covid have urged other young people to get vaccinated.
Adriana Midori Takara, 38, returned a positive test for the highly infectious Indian Delta variant on July 15 and succumbed to her illness in hospital.
The finance worker, described by friends as the 'brightest star' died alone in intensive care after undergoing emergency surgery, with doctors finding a viral infection on her heart.
Despite being a respiratory virus, Covid-19 can affect organs all over the body, with scientists finding damage in patients' heart, brain and liver.
Marlene Coimbra, an education worker who knew Ms Takara, said her death should serve as a warning to other young people.
Adriana Midori Takara, 38 (pictured), returned a positive test for the highly infectious Indian Delta variant on July 15 and succumbed to her illness less than two weeks later
'We have to tell young people, they need to get vaccinated, they need to take care of their bodies,' she told The Daily Telegraph.
Friends claimed Ms Takara contracted the virus from her roommate who works as a nurse, and despite trying to get an AstraZeneca vaccine, was denied by her doctor.
She had no underlying health conditions that would have contributed to her death and her distraught family back home were forced to say their final goodbyes over Zoom.
But the tearful conversation was one-way with Ms Takara never regaining consciousness after her emergency surgery.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the young woman's death should serve as a stark warning to those complacent about the virus that it does not discriminate.
Ms Takara, was living in Sydney's CBD with her boyfriend and on the cusp of finishing her graduate degree in accounting at the Kaplan Business School.
One of their housemates was a nurse who recently tested positive for Covid, a friend claimed on Facebook, sending the unvaccinated couple who would later test positive into isolation.
Just a few days later her boyfriend called an ambulance and Ms Takara was rushed to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital feeling very 'unwell'.
Ms Takara (pictured) had no underlying health conditions that would have contributed to her death
'A day or two after admission, Adriana complained of chest pains. Medical staff assessed her having a heart attack,' her friend Jules Pedrosa wrote on Facebook.
'She needed immediate surgery and an instrument (don't know if it was a pacemaker or otherwise) had to assist her heart to maintain a regular rhythm.
'Adriana's health condition worsened after a few days and further tests confirmed that her heart had a "viral infection".
'This is interesting because she and her family have no history of heart disease.'
He said her condition deteriorated so quickly that a decision was made with the relevant consent from family members to switch off the life-preserving machines.
Under Sydney's strict lockdown rules, no friends or family were allowed to visit Ms Takara in the intensive care unit, forcing loved ones to say a teary goodbye over video link.
Ms Takara, was living in Sydney's CBD with her boyfriend and on the cusp of finishing her graduate degree in accounting at the Kaplan Business School (pictured)
The young student is understood to have lived in Bondi (pictured, locals in the area on Sunday)
