An Italian patient who is recovering from a serious case of pneumonia from Covid-19 has shared his experience recovering in in hospital after being released from an intensive care unit.
Fausto Russo, 38, told journalists of the Foreign Press Club via videolink from the Santa Maria Goretti his illness from coronavirus had changed his life, warning that coronavirus ‘walks on the legs of people without symptoms’.
In This Story: COVID-19
Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.
Symptoms of coronavirus
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
Latest News about Covid-19
Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.