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Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker
21Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker

Jose Roberto Alvarez, a worker at  Mission Foods in Commerce in Los Angeles County, died from Covid-19 complications on July 20, 2020. For Alisha Alvarez, the daughter of a high-risk essential worker, receiving the call that her parents had tested positive for COVID-19 was something she had feared for months, especially because of her father. “On Sunday, [June] 28th, him and my mom went to go get tested and they were both positive,” Alvarez explained. “The minute I got that call, it was heart wrenching.” Alvarez had major concerns about her dad, Jose Roberto Alvarez, 67, who was working full-time as the head of the maintenance team at Mission Foods, one of three locations shutdown by LA County Public Health on Sunday for failing to report outbrea...
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Dr Ramesh Veer, physician
21Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Ramesh Veer, physician

  Dr Ramesh Veer, a 60-year-old consultant physician who ran Veer Hospital at Savarkar Nagar in the city and had practised at Sir J J Hospital, died at Kaushalya Medical Foundation Trust on July 20, 2020. The Indian Medical Association members said that Dr veer was treating all types of patients for past few months. Mumbai Mirror Dr Ramesh's son Siddhesh writes: "I appreciate your team writing about my dad. My dad passed away on Monday, July 20th, 2020. In spite of knowing there is a danger lurking in their area where a lot of COVID-19 positive patients were reported, he went on rendering them emergency services in his own hospital, where very, unfortunately, he caught the infection.  "My dad was ever cheerful, big-hearted, and friendly. You could approach him with ease and in no time...
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Dr Javed Ali, physician
21Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Javed Ali, physician

  Dr Javed Ali - who was a contractual doctor with Delhi government’s National Health Mission (NHM) – succumbed to Covid-19 at the AIIMS Trauma Centre on July 20, 2020. He was working with a quarantine centre in South Delhi’s Chattarpur, the Radha Soami Covid care centre, and sero surveillance centre in Pushp Vihar March before contracting coronavirus in June. He passed away after a three-week-long battle with the virus. He is survived by his wife Dr Heena, and their two children, aged 6 and 12. Dr Heena told The Indian Express, “He was a dedicated doctor who did not take a single day off since March and was on Covid-19 duty throughout. He even worked on Eid.” For the last 10 days, Dr Ali was on ventilator support. “My children and I didn’t even get to see him one last time. There is n...
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Pankajkumar Chaudhary, urologist
20Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Pankajkumar Chaudhary, urologist

Pankajkumar Chaudhary -- a 40-year-old urologist from Mumbai who worked at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation's fever clinic in the Indian state of Maharashtra and at the OPD of his own hospital -- lost his battle against Covid in the morning of July 19, 2020. Chaudhary  was part of Indian Medical Association's Dombivli team which is providing free services at the civic body's fever clinic. The doctor was on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) support-cardiac and respiratory support- since July 6, reported Times of India. A known urologist in the twin cities, Dr Chaudhary managed his own hospital in Dombivli. He is survived by his wife, Purva, also a doctor and a 21-month-old son. "Despite the virus scare, my husband attended the fever clinic and the OPD," said Dr Purva....
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Mahesh Sharma, politician
20Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, India, Profiles

Mahesh Sharma, politician

Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020. Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before he joined the BJP over two decades ago. Senior party leaders remembered Sharma for his dedication to the party’s internal affairs. “He was an extremely committed leader. He never contested elections but was always in the forefront of all activities undertaken by the party. When I was the general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, he was the vice-president of the organisation. We have worked very closely,” sa...
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Patrick Ellis, radio host
17Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Patrick Ellis, radio host

Patrick Ellis, a popular Washington DC gospel broadcaster, died on July 16 at a hospital in Annapolis due to Covid-19 complications. He was 77 years old. For five hours each Sunday morning, Patrick Ellis led a personal communion over the Washington airwaves, playing a mix of classic and contemporary gospel music while helping his listeners get ready for church and prepare for the coming week, reported The Washington Post. In one of the country’s leading gospel markets, Mr. Ellis hosted 96.3 WHUR-FM’s Sunday morning gospel program for more than four decades, building a devoted audience that made his “Gospel Spirit” show the most popular program in its time slot. His daughter Adina Ellis Cato said the cause was complications from covid-19, the disease c...
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Abdul Hye, social activist
17Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
Bangladesh, Noteworthy, Profiles

Abdul Hye, social activist

Abdul Hye, younger brother of Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city on July 17, 2020. He was 67. Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka. Abdul Hye, also assistant personal secretary to President Abdul Hamid, tested positive for coronavirus on July 2 and the taken to the CMH. He had been on ventilation support from July 12 following deterioration of his health condition. Hye is survived by wife, one son, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. Born in 1953 in Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj district, Abdul Hye was a commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Shangshad, Mithamain. He was also former assistant profes...
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Neela Satyanarayan, election official
17Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, India, Profiles

Neela Satyanarayan, election official

Neela Satyanarayan ‑ Maharashtra’s first woman chief election commissioner and celebrated author and poet ‑ succumbed to Covid-19 in Seven Hills Hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai on July 16, 2020. She was 72. She was the first IAS officer in the state to succumb to Covid-19. She had penned several books, was a 1972 batch IAS officer, and also composed music for some films. After retirement, she was appointed as the state’s Chief Election Commissioner. The Indian Express
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Paolo Tommasi, architect
17Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Paolo Tommasi, architect

Paolo Tommasi, 92, an Italian architect who played a crucial role in designing the Matrimandir and the gardens surrounding it in the international township Auroville, died of Covid-19 on July 16, 2020, in Puducherry. He was a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the Union territory and was admitted to Jipmer after he tested positive in the last week of June. Born in Ancona, Italy, Paolo emerged as a leading architect  in Europe in the 1950s. He had a true passion for architectural interiors, design, theatre and painting. Paolo visited India in his thirties and met Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator Mirra Alfassa, fondly revered as the Mother, just before the inauguration of Auroville in 1968. He played a crucial role in assisting French architect Roger Anger in...
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