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Elvies Duque, Nurse
7May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Elvies Duque, Nurse

Elvies Duque – a Nurse in Taguig, Philippines – passed away on 6 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Elvies was 29 years old. “It was his dream job and he loved it,” Elvies’s younger brother Mark, a city hall employee at Cauayan City, told INQUIRER.net. The frontliner was also remembered for the warmth he showed his patients. “He’s the most generous and kind person I knew. He loved everybody equally,” said Mark.  “Many of his patients [wouldn’t] eat if [he won’t] prepare the food. He [considered] his patients like they’re his family.” As he was treated at a hospital in Taguig, Elvies kept his condition a secret from his family even after he learned of his positive test results on Apri...
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Iwan Dwiprahasto, Pharmacologist
7May By Web TeamNo Comments
Indonesia, Medics, Profiles

Iwan Dwiprahasto, Pharmacologist

Iwan Dwiprahasto – a Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Iwan was 58 years old. Source: COVID HEROES Please help us in adding details.
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Francisco Luis GarcĂ­a, Physician
7May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Francisco Luis GarcĂ­a, Physician

Francisco Luis García – a Physician at Residencia Mixta de Personas Mayores, Linarez, Jaén, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 7 May 2020. Francisco was 61 years old. Source: SEN Please help us in adding details.
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Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira, Physician
7May By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira, Physician

Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira  - a Physician at Hospital Santa Catarina, Natal. João Pessoa, Brazil – passed away on 6 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Solon was 61 years old. He was from Paraíba and died in João Pessoa. However, in addition to the service he performed at the medical board of Detran da Paraíba, he also worked in Natal, at Hospital Santa Catarina and in the Emergency Room of Pirangi Beach. “A wonderful person, a great professional. It was a general commotion in the hospital, because Solon was an extraordinary guy ”, summarizes the doctor Ricardo Guedes, friend and co-worker of Solon Ferreira in the emergency room of Hospital Santa Catarina. Source: Globo Please help us in adding details. ...
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Kiing Shooter, Rapper
6May By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Kiing Shooter, Rapper

Kiing Shooter, a New York City rapper who was signed to Nas’ Mass Appeal Records and Jungle’s Street Dreams Records, die on  May 5, 2020, after  contracting Covid-19. William Daniels, better known by his stage name Kiing Shooter, was a rapper from Queensbridge, New York. Kiing Shooter first came into the public eye alongside NYC rapper and longtime friend Dave East, after releasing numerous freestyles with the rapper in 2017. Kiing Shooter gained recognition with his single "They Say" which was released on June 29, 2018. He subsequently released his debut EP "Fucc The Doubters" on August 24, 2018, with features from Dave East, Don Q and Mac and it peaked at 148 on the US Billboard 200. His second EP, No Turning Bacc was released on April 20, 2019 and his debut So...
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Amit Kumar, police constable
6May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Amit Kumar, police constable

Amit Kumar, a 32-year-old Delhi Police constable, died on May 5, 2020, hours after developing the symptoms of COVID-19. At least two government hospitals refused to admit him, his colleague alleged. This was the first death in Delhi Police with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported The Hindu. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West) Vijayanta Arya reportedly said constable Amit Kumar was posted at Bharat Nagar police station. A resident of Haryana’s Sonipat, Kumar is survived by his wife and a three-year-old son. Ten officers who came in contact with him have been quarantined, The Hindu's Hemani Bhandari quoted the police as saying. A constable-rank colleague who was taking care of Kumar since May 4 said he initially had fever but it subsided after he took a medicin...
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Brian Axsmith, paleobotanist & paleoecologist
6May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Brian Axsmith, paleobotanist & paleoecologist

Brian J. Axsmith –an American paleobotanist, paleoecologist, and professor of biology at the University of South Alabama, where he taught ecology, evolutionary biology, and the evolution of vascular plants – died of Covid-19 on May 5, 2020.   Axsmith studied the evolutionary history of conifers and vascular plants. He specialized in the Neogene paleobotany of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the present-day United States, especially Alabama and Mississippi, as well as the Mesozoic paleobotany of eastern North America and China.   Axsmith was raised in suburban Philadelphia. He received a bachelor of science from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Axmsith obtained his doctorate in biology from the University of Kansas in 1998.   Some of Axsm...
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