Married for 20 years, Andy Stamp was a renowned disc jockey and known to many as the "Diamond Geezer". He was rushed into an intensive care unit on Saturday 11 April 2020 and died in the early hours of Thursday 16 April 2020.
Jun Terre passed away on May 14 2020 of COVID-19. He worked as a healthcare assistant in the Stoke Mandeville nursing team and was said to be "a gracious, quiet and kind gentleman, with a smile that would light up a room".
Sylvia Tideswell was a Nursing Assistant at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, and died on Monday 25 May 2020 at 60 years old, having dedicated 17 years to caring for patients on elderly care wards.
Richzeal Albufera was a well-respected biomedical scientist at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, and “on the forefront” of virological testing during the pandemic. Both he and his wife who is a nurse worked at the hospital since moving to the UK from the Philippines in 2005. He died on Tuesday 9 June 2020 after several weeks in intensive care with "severe complications" associated with COVID-19.
Originally from the Philippines, Ricardo Bonsato was known as Ricky, and worked at Thornton House Care Home in Cleveleys, Lancashire where staff have been “deeply affected” following his death from COVID-19 in May 2020.
Remigio Cabansag was a housekeeper at Highbury New Park Care Home in London for almost eight years. Polite and respectful he was said to take “great pride” in his job and would always go the “extra mile” and do whatever needed to be done before his death from COVID-19 on Sunday 12 April 2020.
Victor Dinoo was a father-of-three and a 'highly-valued and respected' senior nurse from the Clinical Site Team for Solihull, Heartlands & Good Hope Hospitals. Said to ‘always make people laugh, even during the hardest of shifts’ he died on Sunday 24 May 2020 of COVID-19.
Salih Hasan was one of three cleaners to die from COVID-19 while working at St George's Hospital in Tooting for Mitie.
Nassar Hussain was from Ilford, East London. A father-of-two he had been married to his wife for 33 years. He worked as a Diagnostic Services Manager at the KIMS Hospital in Maidstone, Kent for around a year, but had worked for more than 20 years in the NHS as a radiographer. He died on Wednesday 27 May 2020 at the Queen’s Hospital in Romford after weeks in hospital.
Mark Lowe was a father-of-two and worked as a Porter with the radiography team at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital. Described as a "kind man with a genuine heart" he died on Thursday 28 May 2020 of COVID-19.
Rizal Manalo was a father-of-two and known as Zaldy to friends and colleagues. He worked as a nurse on ward five at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire and had been in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area since moving from the Philippines in 2001. A "well respected and loved by all his patients and colleagues" he died of COVID-19 on Sunday 14 June 2020 after several weeks in hospital.
Fyngs Mullings was one of three cleaners to die from COVID-19 while working at St George's Hospital in Tooting for Mitie.
Patrick Kamau Ngigi worked as a care worker at Tye Green Lodge Care Home in Tye Green, Harlow and died of COVID-19 after a short illness on Saturday 11 April 2020. His passing orphans his two young daughters.
Gladys Nyemba worked for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and it is feared she caught coronavirus in the line of duty.
Originally from Iran, Dr Abdorreza Sedghi was known as Abdy and had been working at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage when he contracted COVID-19 in April 2020. A "greatly valued colleague" who was "devoted to his patients" he died at the Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge on Wednesday 27 May 2020.
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