Monday, March 30, 2020, 1:15 PM
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The 34-year-old Leiden family doctor Ellen Lohmann and her 37-year-old friend Tim have discovered that the coronavirus can affect everyone, including young people. Together they have been home sick for over a week. They tell their story to media partner Sleutelstad. “It’s a really serious virus this.”
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Tim was the first to catch the virus. “He was initially locked in a room hoping he wouldn’t infect me. But in the end we both got it, ”says Ellen.
The GP is therefore forced to be at home in a period that is so busy for care. ‘I would like to contribute to all the noise around me, but that is not possible. So I follow everything from the sidelines. “
Misery
Tim is quite shocked by the impact of the disease. ‘I have had a fever of 38 to 40 degrees for ten to eleven days, I don’t remember ever being so sick. From misery you no longer know what to do or what to do. Everything hurts, thinking becomes difficult and you really feel completely miserable. It is really a violent virus this. I did not expect that.’
Ellen therefore warns again: “We have to be very careful with this virus and not underestimate it. Young people can also get quite sick from it. ”
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