Zeinab Badawi APRIL 14 2020Print this page136 Be the first to know about every new Coronavirus story Get instant email alerts In this FT series people in many different situations share their experiences of this extraordinary time. The Coronavirus Diaries are published every Tuesday and Thursday. You may have been surprised to learn that the first and second hospital doctors to die of coronavirus in the UK were both of Sudanese origin. I was not.  I was born in Sudan — I came to London aged two — and I have lost count of the number of my relatives who are working as doctors in the UK, Europe, the US and the Gulf. It must be in the dozens, including my mother’s youngest brother — a cardiologist based in northern England — and many cousins, including Adil El Tayar. Adil has the unfortunate accolade of being the first hospital doctor in Britain to die of Covid-19.

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