British Surgeon Dies After Contracting CCP Virus

A sign directs patients toward a NHS 111 Coronavirus Pod outside University College Hospital in London, UK, on March 5, 2020. Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images

A surgeon has become the first front-line National Health Service (NHS) worker in Britain to die after contracting COVID-19.

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton say Amged El-Hawrani, 55, died at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester on Saturday.