“I didn’t think it was that bad…” Helen Whatmore, a patient with Covid-19 hospitalized in intensive care, posted a video on January 10 from her hospital bed, in which she urges her compatriots to follow health restrictions.
The 55-year-old Welshwoman thought she had already had the Covid in February. She then had a cold and had not been able to move for two days. However, in December, she developed a severe form of the disease, which left her in intensive care for over a month.
“Why don’t we protect ourselves? “
On her hospital bed, breathless, she explains having ” almost died “, before thanking the nurses. “They fight for the people you love, from the moment they arrive at the hospital until they leave. People are dying. How many more do you need? Why don’t we protect ourselves? “, she concludes.
Wave of variants: “The situation is much more worrying than what we could have imagined”
Wales has been under strict lockdown since December 20. Not enough to avoid the congestion of the health system: at the beginning of January, there were more Covid patients in Wales than at any time during the pandemic, according to local media.
