A mother of three and Covid-19 survivor refused to self-isolate away from her children out of fear that the separation would worsen her condition.
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“I got a phone call from work on my day off and they said ‘Zodwa, even though your shift is tomorrow don’t come to work and go get tested’, but I wasn’t feeling sick yet,” she said. Fortunately, the family lived in a three-bedroom home and Mokoena was able to self-isolate away from the rest of her family. Throughout her 14 days of self-isolation, Mokoena’s eldest child or the domestic worker would cook for her, place her plate outside her door and sanitise before and after taking the dirty dishes away. The mother’s routine included drinking many vitamins and immune-boosters, steaming with Vicks, hydrating and resting often.
“I told him ‘I’m not going to the hospital and he must bring me an onion. He didn’t believe it but I ate the raw onion and then drank warm water. The pain went away,” she said. “If you think of influenza, if one person gets influenza in the household not everyone else will get it. Why these viruses would transmit with similar extent of contact by different people and yet would transmit with some and not others, we don’t quite understand,” he said.
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