Jason Nkoju, the founder of Nollywood movie streaming platform Iroko TV has narrated his mum’s ordeal with the novel Corona virus also known as Covid-19.
In a series of Tweets posted on Twitter, he explained how is Mum, a retired healthcare worker with the British National Health Service- NHS came down with symtoms of Covid-19, and was hospitalised.
What makes his story peculiar is that his Mum,73 falls into the high risk age bracket of the Corona virus. Even more, she is diabetic.
See his tweets below:
My mum has been an @NHSuk healthcare worker for 25 years. 14-16th March she was ill at home with ALL the symptoms of Covid19. Mrs Njoku & I screamed at her to go to the hospital. 17th March my mum went to A&E & was hospitalised. 20-21st March were on verge lungs collapsed as she pic.twitter.com/vWkDiyciZO
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
Even with on 15L of pure Oxygen (The highest option available) she still struggled to breath & was about to be put on a ventilator. That means the machines would take over her breathing. By God’s grace on the night of Sunday 21st she started to improve. Yesterday she came home.
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
This is me having breakfast with my mum on the 26th of February 2020. It never occured to me that it could have been the last time I saw her. Thankfully we speak almost daily so when her condition deteriorated I could hear it in her voice. Speak to your people daily in these time pic.twitter.com/bRH2iUZKFg
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
I read Chemistry at Uni, so whereas I am not an expert I know how to read scientific numbers and comfortable enough with datasets to understand the grave reality we face. I have been sounding the alarm and will continue to do so. This is the gravest threat facing humanity.
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
People I respect were not taking this seriously. Covid19 is serious. Deadly serious. Listen to @NCDCgov 1. stay home
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
2. wash your hands frequently (every hour)
3. practice social distancing (no hugs or handshakes).
God Bless you all and hope you have a fantastic week ahead🙌🏾🖖🏾😷
A final note on testing. They had to test my mum x4 to get a positive. It is a real problem getting accurate results. It’s not a local issue it’s a global one. 🙏🏾🙌🏾
— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 30, 2020
As at 12pm March 31st, the UK had 22,141 Corona Virus cases, 135 recoveries , and 1,408 deaths.
