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Hong Kong-born nurse who worked in UK for NHS for 40 years dies from coronavirus

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A nurse who worked for the NHS in London for over 40 years has died from coronavirus aged 70. Hong Kong-born Alice Kit Tag Ong, who arrived in the UK in the 1970s, has been described by her daughter Melissa as "completely dedicated".

Melissa believes the tragic front line worker became infected with Covid-19 after being forced to treat patients at GP surgeries without protective equipment.

Mrs Ong was just 23 when she came to London to study nursing and at 70 was still working full-time at two surgeries. She also ran baby clinics until contracting the killer bug, leading her to quarantine at home.

But an ambulance was eventually for called for when she began struggling to breathe a fortnight ago. Mrs Ong then sadly died on Tuesday at the

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