Thursday, June 4

Tag: pandemic

Gulzar Dehlvi, poet
India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Gulzar Dehlvi, poet

Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, a popular Indian Urdu poet, died on June 12, 2020, five days after recovering from Covid-19. According to Anoop, the son of the 93 years old veteran poet, “He had his lunch at 2 pm, he was doing just fine. A few minutes later, he fell unconscious.” An ambulance rushed him to Kailash Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. “Doctors did a check-up and told us he probably suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away. It’s shocking because he was doing better today. He kissed me on my forehead in the morning, had milk with biscuits, and had more small meals after that,” Anoop was quoted as saying by Indian Express. On May 28 night, Dehlvi fell sick, and was taken to a hospital, where his Covid-19 test came positive on May 31. Early June 1, he was sh...
Ali Hadi Mohsin, footballer
Iraq, Noteworthy, Profiles

Ali Hadi Mohsin, footballer

Ali Hadi Mohsin ‑ an Iraqi professional football player and manager – died of Covid-19 on 12 June 2020. He played as a defender for Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba, winning several titles with the clubs. He also played in Lebanon, for Al-Safa and Al-Ahed. Hadi also coached Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 2016 AFC Cup, and led the Iraq national under-17 team to the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.
Ompal Singh, school principal
India, Neighbors, Profiles

Ompal Singh, school principal

Ompal Singh ‑ a principal at Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Delhi’s Kalyanpuri – succumbed to Covid-19 on June 11, 2020. The principal was deputed at a meal distribution centre since the anti-coronavirus lockdown began. Fifty-seven-year-old Ompal Singh was admitted to GTB Hospital on June 5. The vice-principal of the school, Shyam Lal, said: “Other members of Singh’s family have also been admitted to hospitals. Today morning, however, his son tested negative so he came and performed the last rites.” The Times of India
PK Muhammad, Kannur native
India, Profiles

PK Muhammad, Kannur native

PK Muhammad, a Kannur Iritty native, died on June 10, 2020, after battling with coronavirus. He was under treatment for cancer. The 70-year-old was tested positive for COVID-19 on June 10 and shifted to the hospital. Following this, he breathed his last at the hospital. Muhammad returned from Muscat via Kannur airport on May 22. Though the health workers directed him to observe quarantine at the hospital, he refused to follow it and went to his son’s house at Koothuparamaba. Following this, police registered a case against him for violating the directions. Mathrubhumi    
Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir, politician
High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir, politician

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from May 2013 to May 2018 died on 8 June 2020 due to Covid-19. He was born on 15 September 1958 in Duki District, Pakistan. He did Matriculation. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PB-14 Loralai-I in 2013 Pakistani general election. After Nasir contracted the coronavirus, he isolated himself at his residence in Duki. He was later shifted to a hospital in Karachi when his condition deteriorated, where he died on 8 June.