As the month progressed and the fire kept burning in my lungs, I was getting more tired. I took sick leave from work and lay in bed with shortness of breath, burning lungs, ringing ears and total exhaustion for another three weeks. Ten days after my visit to the clinic, still with burning lungs and shallow breathing, I called the emergency doctor. I had burning lungs, exhaustion and shallow breathing for a total of six weeks. By the middle of April, the burning started to subside and was replaced by a tightness in my chest and a weight on my lungs.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2020 17:26 UTC