An NHS worker died alone in self-isolation at home after he was believed to have contracted coronavirus while treating an infected patient, a former colleague says.
Police officers had to break down the door to Thomas Harvey's bathroom to retrieve his body after he collapsed on Sunday morning.
The 57-year-old, who worked at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, north-east London, had spent weeks "fighting for his life" after developing symptoms including a cough, weakness, and aches and pains all over his body.
He didn't know if he was infected with coronavirus because he wasn't given a test, said longtime friend Margaret Barron. Mr Harvey, who lives in Hackney, had seven children and three grandchildren, was married to his wife Marcia for 22