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The survivors of Covid-19
A series exploring the different experiences of Covid-19 patients around the world who have recovered from the new coronavirus.
Updated: 08 Sep, 2020
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Life as a coronavirus patient in Wuhan during its darkest hour
A teacher’s story in the first of a series exploring the experiences of Covid-19 survivors from around the world.
29 Mar, 2020
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[2]
Musician from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 bar cluster recounts horror
Mark Anthony Balcueva struggled to breathe and had to be put on a cocktail of drugs, with only the thought of his daughter back in the Philippines keeping him alive.
03 May, 2020
[3]
Beijing doctor points to signs of hope in Wuhan
A Beijing doctor tells of fear, chaos and ‘cruel disease’ during pandemic.
05 Apr, 2020
[4]
Covid felt worse than when I was shot: Muay Thai camp owner
Pitak Kaewprapol was among thousands of fight fans who ignored a government order to attend a boxing match at Lumpinee stadium. He didn’t know it then, but he was in for the fight of his life.
09 May, 2020
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‘As I fought Covid-19 with Hong Kong karate champ, mum was in coma in UK’
SCMP journalist Elaine Ly spent a month in a Hong Kong hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. On the other side of the world, her mother was also battling the disease, on a ventilator.
09 May, 2020
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They said we had the plague: Indonesia’s first coronavirus patients
People compared Ratri Anindyajati, her mother and sister, who were the first Indonesians to catch Covid-19, to prostitutes because they ‘liked to dance’.
09 May, 2020
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At 93, he did everything with his wife, including catching Covid-19
‘I was not scared to die but I was scared to leave my wife alone,’ says Thomas Abraham, thought to be the oldest coronavirus survivor in India.
09 May, 2020
[8]
Wuhan survivors may have their health but normal life will take longer
‘It was like waiting for death,’ infected man says of suffering at home while hospitals were full.
06 Apr, 2020
[9]
The story of a coronavirus survivor during the worst days in Spain
As part of our series on the experiences of Covid-19 survivors around the world, a city council consultant in Barcelona thanks public health for healing her.
12 Apr, 2020
[10]
As Wuhan comes out of lockdown, many are asking: where is Auntie Xiong?
People in the world’s first coronavirus-hit city are emerging to assess the human devastation wrought by Covid-19.
08 Apr, 2020
[11]
Coronavirus nightmare of China’s ‘recovered’ patients
Behind the statistics are stories like Adele Jiang’s, a 24-year-old university student who has repeatedly tested positive for Covid-19.
02 Apr, 2020
[12]
‘I was stupidly overconfident’: a Korean coronavirus survivor’s tale
University professor Park Hyun, who initially thought the outbreak was ‘not his problem’, has turned to Facebook to share his experience with friends and loved ones.
14 Mar, 2020
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Netflix, yoga: how Delhi’s first Covid-19 patient beat quarantine blues
Rohit Datta assumed he had the flu after returning from a tour of Italy and Hungary. When he learned he had the virus, guilt that he may have infected family was worse than the symptoms.
24 Mar, 2020
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