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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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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
Covid-19 survivor Mark Anthony Balcueva. Photo: Edmond So
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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
The event at Lumpinee stadium continued despite the government ordering the cancellation or postponement of all large gatherings. Photo: AP
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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
Elaine Ly with her mother Lien Ly. Both women contracted Covid-19. Photo: Elaine Ly
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‘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
University professor Park Hyun being treated for the coronavirus in hospital. Photo: Facebook
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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
Rohit Datta: Delhi’s first coronavirus patient. Photo: Handout