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26Jun

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High Profilers, Nigeria, Profiles

Abiola Ajimobi, politician

Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi – a Nigerian senator – died from Covid-19 on June 25, 2020. Born on the 16th of December 1949, he was from Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria. He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After one term in the senate, he contested in 2007 for the governorship seat of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People's Party, a bid which he lost. He contested again in the April 2011 gubernat...

25Jun

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Iraq, Noteworthy, Profiles

Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed, weightlifter

Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed ‑ an Iraqi weightlifter who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics ‑ died in Sweden after suffering from a COVID-19 infection on 24 June 2020.

25Jun

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Tamonash Ghosh, politician

Tamonash Ghosh, India’s Trinamool Congress legislator, passed away on June 24, 2020, due to Covi-19-related complications. Ghosh, who tested positive for COVID-19, was undergoing treatment at a private health facility in Kolkata. The 60-year-old three-time MLA is survived by wife and two daughters. Mr. Ghosh represented Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. “Very, very sad. Tamonash Ghosh, three-time MLA from Falta & party treasurer since 1998 had to leave us today. Been with us for over 35 years, he was dedicated to the cause of the people & party. He contributed much through his social work,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. Ms Banerjee took to Twitter to express her condolences and said that the party le...

25Jun

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Bhagwati Yadav, street vendor

Bhagwati Yadav ‑ a street-side vendor selling pani puris in India’s south Mumbai for nearly 46 years ‑ died of COVID-19 around a month ago. His death, however, came to light recently when residents of Napean Sea Road started a fundraising campaign to help the family of their beloved pani puri wala. Yadav was popularly known as "Bisleri pani puri wala" in and around south Mumbai for he used bottled water for preparing the popular snack. "For 46 years, Yadavji always put our health first by serving "Bisleri" pani puri. And his generosity knew no bounds as he would never shy away from handing out "Ek extra puri," a statement on the crowdsourcing platform Ketto read. The fundraising drive, aimed at collecting Rs5 lakh in 42 days, has a...

25Jun

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India, Medics, Profiles

Basavaraj Karigoudar, physician

Basavaraj Karigoudar ‑ a physician working at Khiladgi Primary Health Centre in Mudhol Taluk of Bagalkot district of the south Indian state of Karnataka – died due to Covid-19 on June 25, 2020. The 30 years old doctor was infected with Hepatitis B after being pricked by a needle during his work at the hospital. After that, his condition worsened. He subsequently developed liver failure. He was then immediately shifted to Fortis Hospital for a liver transplant, reported The Hindu. He was tested COVID positive there and eventually passed away on June 25, 2020. He was a young doctor and a former student of MIMS of 2011 batch. His was the first COVID-19 fatality in the medical fraternity in Karnataka, the report said. The Hindu

24Jun

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Carsyn Davis, teenager

Carsyn Davis ‑- a 17-year-old Fort Myers resident and a cancer survivor with a rare, ongoing autoimmune disorder ‑- died of respiratory failure after contracting the new coronavirus on June 23, 2020. The medical examiner's report notes that Davis attended a 100-person church event, where people were not required to wear face masks, roughly two weeks before she died in a Miami-Dade County hospital. During the nine days that followed, she was given antibiotics, hydroxychloroquine and oxygen via her grandfather's portable machine by her parents while at home. Her mother, Carole Brunton Davis, is a nurse. The hospital recommended intubation when Davis was admitted to its pediatric unit on June 19, but her parents declined the procedure, according to the county medi...

Reagan Henry, certified nursing assistant

24Jun

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Reagan Henry, certified nursing assistant

Reagan Henry, a CNA at Deerfield Retirement Community, died on June 23 from COVID-19 at Mission Hospital. His funeral was on June 27 in Asheville. The 39-year-old was known as a gentle, kind, hard worker. Reagan was the first health care worker at a nursing home facility in Western North Carolina to die of COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services, and one of only three nursing home caregivers in the state to die of the disease. Many of the large, tight-knit family members came from Micronesia to Asheville to work in the health care field. Citizen Times

Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma, politician

24Jun

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Congo, High Profilers, Profiles

Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma, politician

Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma ‑ a Congolese politician – passed away on 23 June 2020 after suffering from Covid-19 complications. He was a prominent political figure from the 1970s to the 1990s, heading the Congolese Trade Union Confederation (Confédération syndicale congolaise, CSC). He was the President of the General Movement for the Construction of Congo (Mouvement général pour la construction du Congo, MGCC), a political party. Bokamba-Yangouma was from Cuvette Region in northern Congo-Brazzaville. He was the Secretary-General of the CSC from 1974 to 1997. During the single party rule of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he also became a member of the PCT Political Bureau in 1979 and was assigned responsibility for party organization. ...

22Jun

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Marconi Alencar, politician

Marconi José Figueiredo de Alencar aka known simply as Marconi Alencar ‑ a Brazilian Politician from the state of Ceará – died from Covid-19 on June 21, 2020. Between 1962 and 1966, Alencar acted as Mayor of Araripe. In 1970, Alencar was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará. He remained in power from 1971 to 1975. In 1974, he was re-elected State Deputy and kept his post from 1975 to 1979. In 1978, he was elected State Deputy for the third consecutive time. His third tenure lasted from 1979 to 1983. In 1982, Alencar was elected State Deputy for the fourth and last time. This time remaining in charge from 1983 to 1987. On June 21, 2020, Alencar died in Fortaleza at the age of 81 due to complications brought on by COVID-19. ...

22Jun

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Talib Jauhari, religious scholar

Talib Jauhari ‑ a Pakistani Islamic scholar, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam – died due to Covid-19 complications on 21 June 2020. Talib Jauhari supported ethnic and sectarian harmony his sermons used to be composed on observance of Allah's orders, pursuing the way of Prophet Muhammad and love and respect for Ahlybait. He was not only respected among the Shia community in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent but Sunnis also used to attend his lectures due to his Tafseer-e-Quran in a logical way. He was also a promoter of Shia Sunni unity in Pakistan. "His book Hadees-e-Karabla is one of the few Maqtal written in Urdu and has been considered as one of the most well compiled sources to the traditions related to the Event of Karbala." ...