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Jaimuay Sae-ung THAI WOMAN, 73, SURVIVES DEADLY CORONAVIRUS AFTER INTENSIVE CARE

THAI WOMAN, 73, SURVIVES DEADLY CORONAVIRUS AFTER medical care

An elderly Thai woman who survived the killer coronavirus has revealed how she was quarantined behind three layers of glass during her battle with the SARS-like infection.

Jaimuay Sae-ung, 73, was the primary Thai national to catch the deadly virus back in early January. 24 other patients have since been diagnosed there. She had visited Wuhan, the Chinese city at the guts of the outbreak.

Mrs Sae-ung's family were reportedly concerned she may die because she had an underlying heart problem, meaning the virus posed more of a threat to her. But she pulled through and defied the 'one-in-a-million' odds of surviving.

Jaimuay Sae-ung, 73, was the primary Thai national to catch the deadly virus – 24 other patients are diagnosed within the country. She had visited Wuhan, the Chinese city at the guts of the escalating outbreak +30
Jaimuay Sae-ung, 73, was the primary Thai national to catch the deadly virus – 24 other patients are diagnosed within the country. She had visited Wuhan, the Chinese city at the guts of the escalating outbreak

She told local media that she was affected by a fever and exhaustion, which she assumed may are down her walking tons during her trip to China. Mrs Sae-ung even feared it could are a symbol of a heart condition .

Doctors confirmed she had the coronavirus, which has struck almost 25,000 people across the planet and killed nearly 500, when she visited Nakhon Pathom Hospital upon her return to Thailand on January 3.

Speaking about her ordeal, Mrs Sae-ung told Sky News she was whisked off to isolation.

She said: 'I was confused why I had to be within the [isolation] room. there have been two to 3 layers of glass.'

She developed pneumonia – the deadliest complication of the killer virus.

Medics treating her wore fully protective suits, with only their eyes visible, she told The Bangkok Post.

The mother-of-seven also revealed she wasn't allowed to ascertain any of her family but could video call them.

Mrs Sae-ung's condition improved after spending just three days in hospital, and she or he was eventually discharged nine days after first being treated – meaning she was range in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year .

Discussing her joy, Mrs Sae-ung's daughter, Krittika Sae-ung, told Sky News: 'It's one during a million - we are the luckiest.

'I do not know the way to explain it - I can only say we are so lucky. I feel happy and that i feel uplifted.'

Source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7968785/UK-ban-flights-China-block-foreign-citizens-entering.html
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