An organ transplant consultant volunteering for the NHS frontline fight against coronavirus has died from the disease, it has been reported.
Dr Adil El Tayar, a working surgeon, died on Wednesday at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, west London, his family told the BBC.
His cousin, journalist Zeinab Badawi, paid tribute to the 63-year-old in a report for Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent programme.
She said she learned of Dr El Tayar's death just minutes before people across the country had joined together in applauding NHS workers on Thursday.