Coronavirus: Cameroonian becomes first African to recover from Covid-19

A Cameroonian student who contacted the deadly coronavirus has reportedly recovered after about two weeks of quarantine in a Chinese hospital.

The deadly coronavirus has infected more than 71,000 persons since it's outbreak with more than 49,000 already dead,

Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, suffered from a fever, a dry cough, and flu-like symptoms.

According to the BBC, Daryl remained in isolation for 13 days in a local Chinese hospital. He was treated with antibiotics and drugs typically used to treat HIV patients. After two weeks of care, he began to show signs of recovery.

The CT scan showed no trace of the illness. He became the first African person known to be infected with the deadly coronavirus and the first to recover. His medical care was covered by the Chinese state.

Daryl who could have returned home to Africa after contracting the coronavirus said that he had no intention of leaving China, even if that were possible.

"No matter what happens I don't want to take the sickness back to Africa," he said from his university dormitory, where he is now under a 14-day quarantine.

When he became ill he thought of his time as a child in Cameroon when he contracted malaria. He feared the worse, the BBC said.

"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," he said.

"I don't want to go home before finishing studying. I think there is no need to return home because all hospital fees were taken care of by the Chinese government," says Mr Senoua.

BBC