Remains of NHS workers who died of coronavirus lost for days

NHS nurse Donald Suelto died alone in his London flat. It took his family six days to find out who had his body

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When police knocked on Emylene Suelto Robertson's door late on Tuesday last week in Dunbar, on Scotland's east coast, they confirmed the news she had dreaded. Her uncle, NHS nurse Donald "Dondee" Suelto, had died alone in his London flat of suspected coronavirus. He was 51.

The last thing Robertson expected was to be thrust into a wild goose chase locating her uncle's remains. But in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, for the deceased who have no official next of kin, laying them to rest has been fraught with bureaucracy - and Robertson spent a tormenting six days locating her uncle's body.