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Another Pakistani taxi driver in London loses his life to COVID-19

Another Pakistani taxi driver has lost life to coronavirus in South London, becoming the second Pakistani taxi driver to lose his life to the deadly virus within a week.

Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, passed away at St. George Hospital in Tooting, his father Mohammad Iqbal Gondal described his only son as a “shaheed (martyr)” who has left behind two sons, both under the age of five.

Zeeshan Ahmed came to the UK in 2014 with his parents from Sargodha and was based in Tooting Bec. He started to feel symptoms of the virus from April 1 and began to self-isolate at home before his health became critical and was taken to the St George’s Hospital on 10th April.

He was shifted to the ventilator for six days but unfortunately lost the battle of his life to the viral disease. There is still no clarity as to how he contracted the disease, Mohammad Iqbal Gondal said.

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