Name: Coronavirus survivor reveals what it's like to have Covid-19
Uploaded: 2020-03-24T07:01:09.000Z
Duration: 8 min 11 s
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Just talk us through the different stages on what they felt like.

So this particular virus that happens in different stages.

As you said, you get better before you get worse.

So in my case, the first stage work, I'm had the cold.

I'm I had ear problems, Sinus problems, that sort of they.

But then you get better before you get worse.

So I was getting better, and that's when I got hit with the flu.

Now I've had the flu half a dozen times, and this was probably the worst I've felt with that.

It wasn't life threatening, but I did feel terrible with the flu on.

I was had, had a headache, and I just generally feeling unwell.

I was getting better from the flu and that's what I hit.

I've never had that before, so that was quite serious for me on dhe.

I went to a hospital And when you had the pneumonia just described to us, we've all heard the word but none of us.

So most of us don't know what it feels like.

It It feels like you've only got 20% of your lungs working.

You can't take a full breath like you need to know if you stand up and go walk into the kitchen, you're out of breath because you just can't get that breath.

It also sounds like your breathing through a bag.

Your breath is very crackly and croak, e It generally is not a fun thing at all.

So that must have been a really scary thing.

Yeah, during that time it waas just because I don't really drink, I don't smoke.

And having that problem was very scary just because our breathing his vitals of life If you can't breathe, you can't live.

And so having that being affected was quite a serious thing.

How long have you been living in this apartment?

In this room That we can all see in isolation.

I've been here for 40 days now, over 40 days.

It's been a long 40 days, to be honest, Andi, how does that feel?

You have a captain here on your own, you know, living with other people.

Yeah, well, with the technology age now, Aiken message somebody straightaway.

I'm all over the world, so So Look, it's not very lonely as such.

I can I can speak to me on Facebook on my phone.

But the actual interpersonal interaction that I'm lacking, that definitely is taking a toll.

So do you miss the face to face contact with other people?

On many other people are in the same boat as well, because you go down the streets on dhe.

Normally this city is very vibrant, and there's a sense of life.

There's people dancing, people singing people with families.

And at the moment there's just nothing collect that anybody that you do see that they're they have a mask on, they're going to do something and they go straight home.

What about your mental health and the mental health of the people that you're communicating with in Wuhan?

Mental health wise, we're all in the same boat.

So there's no point us being being down or being unhappy is just it is what it is.

Do you imagine people in Britain living the same way that you're living at the moment because they have to because of the rate of infection?

I know I don't I I think that lifestyle is very different here and trying to do.

It is completely foreign to toe what we would be used to.

I believe that ah, lock down of a week or maximum two weeks in the UK would be fine, but then people would be wanting to get out.

People would be wanting, uh, breaking the curfew on.

There's no way that the government really stop them doing that.

So considering what you've had to go through, do you think that eventually you will feel safer in China when it comes to the virus?

I will, I believe yes and no try the city that I mean, it's very densely populated.

You've got thousands of people in the same area s o.

So I believe that spread happened here so fast because of that.

But back in the UK, I believe that the government will have a handle on it will be able to deal with it in the manner that we should.

So you don't think that levels of isolation that we're seeing in China at the moment that you've been experiencing yourself will be necessary in the UK?

I believe that if the infection rates were were to skyrocket, then those measures will have to be implemented on.

It will be a case of people who will have to go through some discomfort.

Finally, Connor, if we get to the same level of isolation that you're experiencing at the moment, what advice would you have?

Yeah, my advice would be to have a lot of things that will keep you entertained.

Take up a hobby, learn a language and I would also advise that people don't panic.

If there is an isolation press where everybody has to be isolated, they shouldn't think about themselves.

Stay at home Not because not because it's uncomfortable but to protect the people around you.

Have you done anything in the last month that you you know you've always wanted to do but haven't found the time to do?

Have you read a book that he hasnt read before?

I've painted I I've never been good at painting but I'm slowly learning I'm learning Russian at the moment Just in my free time by my days are busy Even though I am isolated It's definitely important to keep busy eso so every morning for half For now I do sit ups and pushups.

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