NHS children’s nurse, 37, and her identical twin sister die of coronavirus within just 3 days of each other
TRAGIC twin sisters have died within just three days of each after testing positive for deadly coronavirus, their heartbroken family said.
NHS children's nurse Katy Davis, 38, passed away on Tuesday at Southampton General Hospital.
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Her identical twin sister Emma - a former nurse - died just three days later at the same hospital.
Paying tribute, their sister Zoe said: "They always said they had come into the world together and would go out together as well."
She explained both sisters, who lived together, had been unwell with other health conditions before contracting the killer virus.
Heartbroken Zoe added: "There are no words to describe how special they were."
Tributes now flooded in for Katy from her colleagues at University Hospital Southampton.
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Paula Head, chief executive at UHS, told the : “I want to pay tribute to Katy who sadly passed away on Tuesday.
"Katy has been described by her colleagues where she worked in child health as a nurse people would aspire to be like and that nursing was more than just a job to her.
“On behalf of everyone here at UHS, including our patients and the communities we serve, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to her family.”
At least 121 health and care workers have now died with the deadly bug, according to Nursing Notes, a platform run and checked by nurses.
Yesterday, tributes were paid to a "much loved" nurse and great-gran who lost her life to the disease on Wednesday.
Angie Cunningham spent more than 30 years of her life working in NHS Borders hospital caring for patients.
Tributes also flooded in for a “truly gentle gentleman” who died from coronavirus after dedicating his medical career to caring for the elderly.
Consultant geriatrician Dr Medhat Atalla had been working hard to protect the age group most vulnerable to the virus when he fell ill.
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Britain will fall silent next week in memory of those who have died fighting Covid-19 on the NHS frontline.
At 11am on Tuesday April 28, the country will hold a minute’s silence organised by healthcare unions to honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Prof Dame Donna Kinnair said: “This respectful silence will be a poignant reminder of the risks they run to keep us safe.”
There have also been calls to give our NHS heroes lasting support as they put their lives on the line fighting coronavirus without the necessary PPE they desperately need.
The Sun is now backing philanthropist Lord Ashcroft’s plea for a collective George Cross medal to be awarded to the NHS.
He argues that the prestigious award would be appropriate as it acknowledges supreme bravery that did not take place in the heat of battle.
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It will also honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice — the medics who lost their lives while treating patients during the coronavirus crisis.
It comes as the UK coronavirus death toll yesterday rose to 18,738 after 638 more Brits lost their lives to the killer virus.
The Department of Health also confirmed 138,078 people have now tested positive for the deadly disease.
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