Libyans paid tribute to Dr. Sadeq Elhowsh, a Libyan doctor in Wales, who died from COVID-19 on Monday.

Elhowsh, a long-serving orthopedic surgeon with St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals – NHS Trust, succumbed to the novel corona virus, after serving more than 17 years in the medical career.

In two separate statements, the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health in the National Accord Government announced the death of the Libyan doctor. The Health ministry said that he died of COVID-19 after contacting the virus while trying to save a patient’s life. He was buried on Tuesday in the United Kingdom.