305 days of coronavirus, 72 years old: My wife prepared my funeral five times

A 72-year-old, Dave Smith from Bristol to Great Britain, has been positive with Coddy for 305 days. According to experts, this is the longest period registered so far.

After about 10 months, 42 positive tampons and 7 admissions to the hospital, the man, now a retired instructor, has defeated the choreographer and is doing well.

A happy ending, as he explained for the newspaper “The Guardian”: I almost died. My wife started preparing for the funeral five times Smith contracted Ovid during the first wave of pandemic. In April 2020, he was hospitalized with fever and cough. Then confirm the positive through the first buffer.

The disease hit him at a time when his immune system was compromised because of previous problems. In fact, in 2019, he underwent chemotherapy to treat a leukemia.

By April, Smith had times when he was better, but even when he became convinced that he was dying. Sometimes he allowed his wife to make all arrangements for a possible funeral and greeted friends and relatives for the last time.

To the turning point, that is, treating with the cocktail of antibodies developed by the Regeneron. Forty - five days after the therapy began, he became negative. I opened a bottle of champagne and called everyone, saying: I'm negative, I'm negative said 72-year-old.

Now Dave's better. Although he admits: I'll never be 100% again, because Coddy ruined my lungs. But every day I live now is a bonus for me. His case will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Eccmid) in July.