Coronavirus African Victim In China Prefers Death Over Import Of Virus To Africa

Kem Senou Pavel, a Cameroonian and first African to contract the Coronavirus (CONVID 19) has recovered.

Kem was diagnosed of the deadly Coronavirus when he showed symptoms of dry cough and fever. 

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The virus has claimed over 1,868 lives and has infected more than 45,000 people, mostly in China.

He suffered from the symptoms of coronavirus including dry cough and fever.

According to reports, Daryl had decided to die in China than spread the virus to the continent.

“No matter what happens, I don’t want to take the sickness back to Africa,” he said.

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BBC reported that he thought of his death on his way to the hospital.

“When I was going to the hospital for the first time, I was thinking about my death and how I thought it was going to happen.”

However, when he was diagnosed of the virus, his medical care was covered by the Chinese authority.

After he was treated with antibiotics and drugs used for treating HIV patients, he showed no trace of the virus.

Daryl was quarantined for 13 days in a local Chinese hospital before he was declared free from the coronavirus.

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