Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has said that it is “extremely likely” she has contracted coronavirus.
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In an Instagram post, the 17-year-old revealed that she has been in self-isolation with her father since they returned from a trip around Europe.
Shortly after their arrival home, they both fell ill with symptoms including fatigue, shivers, a persistent cough and sore throat.
However, due to the government ruling in Sweden, only those in need of emergency medical attention can be tested for the virus.
Thunberg has since recovered from what she suspects was COVID-19 and urged followers to stay indoors in order to protect others.
“The last two weeks I’ve stayed inside,” she captioned the post. “When I returned from my trip around Central Europe I isolated myself (in a borrowed apartment away from my mother and sister) since the number of cases of COVID-19 (in Germany for instance) were similar to Italy in the beginning.”
“Around ten days ago I started feeling some symptoms, exactly the same time as my father – who traveled with me from Brussels. I was feeling tired, had shivers, a sore throat and coughed,” Thunberg added. “My dad experienced the same symptoms, but much more intense and with a fever.”
In a plea to her millennial and Gen-Z social media followers, Thunberg emphasised that she “almost didn’t feel ill” as her last cold was much worse than her latest illness.
“Had it not been for someone else having the virus simultaneously I might not even have suspected anything,” she stressed. “Then I would just have thought I was feeling unusually tired with a bit of a cough.”
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In a bid to encourage others to take self-isolation seriously, the environmental activist concluded: “Many (especially young people) might not notice any symptoms at all, or very mild symptoms. Then they don’t know they have the virus and can pass it on to people in risk groups.”
“We who don’t belong to a risk group have an enormous responsibility, our actions can be the difference between life and death for many others.”
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has said that it is “extremely likely” she has contracted coronavirus.
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Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has said that it is “extremely likely” she has contracted coronavirus.
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