THOUSANDS of people have died of coronavirus in the country, while several patients are on the ventilators. However, I would like to share my personal experience regarding Covid-19 symptoms.

Before wearing the mask, I was fit and fine. I did not have any Covid-19 symptoms. Owing to fear of coronavirus, I started wearing the mask all the time. After a month and a half, I felt temporary difficulty in breathing and loss of smell. I also got headache, cough and flu.

In order to check whether these symptoms would continue or not, I didn’t wear the mask for three days. I slowly recovered, my breathing was normal and I recovered from all these symptoms even without consulting the doctor.

Then I realised that the temporary difficulty in breathing, loss of smell, headache, cough and flu were because of covering the face with the mask all the time. I would advise people not to wear the mask all the time.

Imtiaz Junejo
Hyderabad

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2020