AN NHS consultant and married dad-of-two has died of coronavirus after working at a London hospital.

Professor Mohamed Sami Shousha died aged 79 after a two-week battle with the deadly virus.

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4 Professor Shousha, 79, had worked at cancer research labs in London Credit: .

4 Professor Sami Shousha, 79, was an honorary professor of histopathology at Imperial College London

His nephew, Abdelrahman Shousha, said: "He was very keen on going to work on his final days despite the health hazards.

"However, most likely, his work did not involve direct contact with Covid-19 patients.

"He had been hospitalised since March 23, after contracting the virus, before he succumbed to the illness on Thursday April 2.

"He leaves behind two daughters and his wife. We will all miss him dearly."

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Professor Shousha was an honorary professor of histopathology at Imperial College London and had worked at UK cancer research laboratories at London's Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals since 1978.

One of his former pupils, Dr Neha Tabassum, of Imperial College London, tweeted: "My prayers and thoughts are with his family. It's so sad to hear this news, I am in tears!!

"Professor Sami Shousha was one of my mentor. Without his support, my PhD would not have been possible. He was such an amazing human being."

Professor Ian Ellis, of the Association of Breast Pathology, said in a tribute: "(Prof Shousha) was always happy and smiling, so enthusiastic and passionate about his work as well as loving to support and teach others.

"He will be missed by us all."

4 Rebecca Mack, 29, lived alone and was self-isolating after she fell ill following a week-long training course Credit: Facebook

4 Alice Kit Tak Ong, 70, arrived in London from Hong Kong in the 1970s and worked for the health service for 44 years, up until the day she fell ill two weeks ago Credit: Melissa Ong

Fifteen other NHS medics have died from coronavirus since the outbreak began.

Tributes today flooded in for Rebecca Mack, 29, after she became the latest medic to be killed by the deadly virus.

Rebecca, of Morpeth, Northumberland, worked at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary before becoming a 111 medic.

Alice Kit Tak Ong, 70, died at the Royal Free Hospital in London on Tuesday after she contracted Covid-19 from working in surgery without the right equipment.

Her daughter, Melissa Ong, described her mother as a "wonderful woman" who was "generous to everyone else before herself".

Last night we reported how Dr Anton Sebastianpillai, died aged 75 on Saturday at Kingston Hospital having been cared for in the hospital's intensive care unit.

The consultant geriatrician, who qualified as a doctor in Sri Lanka in 1967, finished his last shift on March 20.

His death came after heart surgeon and dad-of-two Jitendra Rathod, who worked at the University Hospital of Wales, died on Monday morning in Cardiff after testing positive for Covid-19.

The dad-of-two was described as an "incredibly dedicated surgeon" who cared deeply for his patients and was highly regarded in the medical profession in Wales.

Elsewhere, a British Pakistani GP based in East London died in hospital on Monday after it is believed he developed coronavirus symptoms.

According to The News International, a newspaper in Pakistan, Dr Syed Haider had been receiving treatment at Queen's Hospital in Romford where he passed away.

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On Sunday, the first serving NHS midwife in England to die after testing positive for the virus was confirmed when Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, announced the death of Lynsay Coventry, 54.

Two nurses - both young mothers - five doctors and two healthcare assistants have also contracted coronavirus and died since the start of the outbreak.

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Nurse Areema Nasreen, 36, died just after midnight on April 2 in intensive care at Walsall Manor Hospital in the West Midlands - the hospital where she had worked for 16 years.

Aimee O'Rourke, 39, also died at the hospital she worked at - the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQMH) in Margate, Kent, on Thursday.