A doctor is feared to be the first UK medic to die from coronavirus. Dr Habib Zaidi, 76, died on Wednesday after being taken ill the previous day.
His daughter said he sacrificed his life for his profession, the BBC reports. Tests have yet to confirm whether he had Covid-19, but his daughter said he had "textbook symptoms".
His daughter Dr Sarah Zaidi said: "For that to be the thing that took him is too much to bear. "It is reflective of his sacrifice." She said he was treated as a "definitive case", and said there was little doubt he had coronavirus.
Emotional tributes have been paid to the popular GP, who had worked in Leigh-on-Sea for more than 45 years. He had been self-isolating and hadn't seen patients in person for a week before his