It had started with a dry cough and sore throat, he said, followed a few days later by a shortness of breath so severe he fainted while waiting for a hospital coronavirus test. He had initially isolated himself to protect his family after getting a temperature, but, still feverish a couple of days later, he walked an hour to hospital. Two days after being in contact with a sick work colleague, the analyst said she felt the first symptoms and Covid-19 was confirmed. "Coronavirus is an illness which is lived in solitude, in total solitude," she said. Her 71-year-old aunt was hospitalised in Guayaquil, the epicentre of Ecuador's outbreak, and the virus was confirmed a week later.

Source: Standard Digital April 07, 2020 05:37 UTC