Nurse hails 'work family' after 'near miraculous' recovery from Covid-19

A staff nurse from University Hospital Southampton shares her personal experience of contracting COVID-19, detailing her symptoms, hospitalization, and recovery. Despite being young and healthy, she faced severe complications and was transferred to a London hospital for intensive care. She emphasizes the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions even as lockdowns ease. The medical director of the hospital also highlights the ongoing risks of COVID-19 and the measures taken to prevent transmission within the hospital.

What was the initial assumption of the nurse regarding her potential COVID-19 symptoms?

• She expected to be asymptomatic.

• She thought she would have severe symptoms.

• She believed she would not contract the virus.

• She assumed she would experience only mild symptoms.

What unusual experience did the nurse have during her treatment?

• She was treated in a foreign country.

• She was treated by her own colleagues.

• She was treated in a private hospital.

• She was treated at home.

What was the nurse's survival chance as communicated to her family?

• 30%

• 60%

• 40%

• 50%

What message does the nurse emphasize regarding COVID-19 precautions?

• Precautions are only needed in hospitals.

• Precautions are no longer necessary.

• Precautions should be maintained despite eased lockdowns.

• Only vulnerable people need to take precautions.

According to the medical director, what remains unchanged about the virus?

• It is less dangerous now.

• It only affects older people.

• It remains a significant threat to all.

• It is no longer present in the community.