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Lynsay Coventry, Midwife
3Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Lynsay Coventry, Midwife

Lynsay Coventry – a Midwife at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex, England – passed away on 2 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Coventry was 54 years old. In a statement, Lance McCarthy, chief executive, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, said she was "a long-standing member of our maternity team who will be remembered for her professionalism and commitment to the women she supported." He added: "Her loss will be felt by the maternity team and colleagues from across the organisation." Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, chief midwifery officer for England, said: "Lynsay was clearly a highly regarded midwife whose dedication to women, babies and their families will be remembered and cherished by her own family and ...
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Lynsay Coventry
3Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United Kingdom

Lynsay Coventry

Lynsay Coventry, 54, was the first serving midwife in England to be killed by the virus on April 2. She had worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow, Essex, for ten years and was described by colleagues as a “proud” midwife who was “very well respected.” Coventry’s family said: “Our hearts are broken at the loss of our loving, wonderful and caring mum, sister, daughter and grandmother. Her love for us all was unfailing and her strength in the way she cared and supported us will fill our memories. “What we also know is how proud she was to be an NHS midwife. Lynsay followed her dream and trained as a midwife later in life. It was a role she committed herself to and saw the midwifery team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital as her other family. She was a very well-respe...
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Robert Beck, pentathlete
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Robert Beck, pentathlete

Robert Lee Beck ‑ an American modern pentathlete and fencer who won three gold medals in these disciplines at the Pan American Games in 1963-1971 – died of coronavirus on April 2, 2020.   He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was less successful at the 1968 Games, placing 22nd individually and fourth with the American team.   Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career. He was hospitalised in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home. He died at age 83 on April 2, 2020, after contracting COVID19 while in the hospital.   As of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to ...
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Anick Jesdanun, journalist
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Anick Jesdanun, journalist

Anick "Nick" Jesdanun ‑ an American technology journalist who served as deputy technology editor for the Associated Press (AP) – succumbed to Covid-19  on April 2, 2020.   Jesdanun covered technology, especially the internet, for AP for more than twenty years and sought to help readers navigate the relatively new technology and its impact on daily life, from the 1990s to the 2020s. Jesdanun was the first Associated Press reporter to be assigned as an "internet writer" in the news agency's history.   Jesdanun's parents, Adisak and Orabhin Jesdanun, immigrated to the United States from Thailand. He was originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was raised in New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore Col...
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Luiz Alves de Brito, Nurse
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Luiz Alves de Brito, Nurse

Luiz Alves de Brito- a Licensed Practical Nurse who was a Nursing Technician in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil – passed away due to COVID-19. Luis Alves de Brito was 48 years old. It was reported on April 2, 2020 Luiz worked for 22 years as a nursing technician in the municipality of AreiaBranca, also in the West region. He was on duty at Sara Kubitscheck Hospital. Luiz lived in the city for a few years, but about five years ago he returned to live in Mossoró, close to his family, after also starting to work at the Almeida Castro Hospital and Maternity. Nursing technician Luiz Alves de Brito died in Mossoró with Covid-19. According to the family, about two weeks ago, Luiz started to feel symptoms of the disease and showed concern not to tr...
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Peter J. N. Sinclair, economist
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Peter J. N. Sinclair, economist

Peter James Niven Sinclair, a British economist, passed away on 31 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   He was Professor, and subsequently Emeritus Professor, in Economics at the University of Birmingham. Previously, he had been a fellow and tutor at Brasenose College, Oxford.   Sinclair grew up in London and Norfolk and was educated at Gresham's School and the University of Oxford, where he gained his BA and doctorate. His first job was in the export department of Linde AG in Germany. This sharpened his lifelong interest in international economics.   Peter Sinclair taught at Oxford from 1970 to 1994, mainly in economic theory, monetary policy and international economics, as fellow and tutor in Economics at Brasenose College. In 1994 he became...
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Niloofar Esmail Beigi, Physician
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Niloofar Esmail Beigi, Physician

Niloofar Esmail Beigi – a Physician at Moheb Kowsar Hospital, Tehran, Iran – passed away due to COVID-19.It was reported on April 2, 2020. Niloofar was 34 years old. Dr. Niloofar Esmail Beigi from Tehran’s Moheb Kowsar Hospital, had been working fat-out to save patients in the emergency room die due to COVID-19. Source: Mek Iran Please help us in adding details.
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