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Coronavirus UK: Youngest victim named as man, 45 with MND NewsColony Britain’s youngest coronavirus victim was tonight named as a 45-year-old father-of-two who had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, as the death toll jumped by 16 to 71 on Tuesday. Craig Ruston, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, is understood to be the UK’s youngest victim after his wife confirmed his death in a deeply moving social media post. His wife Sally wrote on Mr Ruston’s blog today: ‘My Amazing Craig passed away yesterday morning at 6.20am. We are truly heartbroken … Last Tuesday he was taken unwell and we have since spent the last 6 days in isolation.  ‘Craig’s chest infection was confirmed as Covid-19. How dare that take Craig who was already facing this (MND), the most vile and evil of diseases.’ Mr Ruston was a shoe designer who had previously worked for Dr Martens, Hunter Boots and Fred Perry before starting a blog when he was diagnosed with MND, the Northamptonshire Telegraph  ...