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Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving Covid-19

The new coronavirus has reached almost every corner of the planet, confining nearly half of humanity to their homes and turning life upside down for billions

A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger and the desire to share, or change their life: 12 people from different parts of the world who have survived Covid-19 share emotional and harrowing stories of the pain and fear after catching the virus:

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