Author J.K. Rowling on Monday, revealed that she had recovered from COVID-19-like symptoms, though she had not got herself tested.
Rowling tweeted that for the last two weeks, she had shown all symptoms of COVID-19. Sharing a video of the technique, she said that she tried it out based on the advice from her husband, who is also a doctor in the UK.
The video features a breathing technique that involves inhaling and exhaling, and holding breaths and a ‘big cough’.
Please watch this doc from Queens Hospital explain how to relieve respiratory symptoms. For last 2 weeks I've had all symptoms of C19 (tho haven't been tested) & did this on doc husband's advice. I'm fully recovered & technique helped a lot.https://t.co/xo8AansUvc via @YouTube
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 6, 2020
Actress Twinkle Khanna shared Rowling’s post on her account and wrote: “May just help and certainly can’t do any harm. I have the link posted in my bio for those you want to see it.”
Rowling had recently announced that she is launching ‘Harry Potter at Home’, a free online hub that includes quizzes, puzzles and videos for children, to help parents to deal with their kids during the lockdown. “Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic,” Rowling wrote on Twitter.
The coronavirus tally has crossed 50,000 in the UK, with number f deaths beyond 5,300. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was in hospital due to persistent coronavirus symptoms, has been taken into intensive care after his condition worsened, Downing Street has said.
Downing Street said Johnson remains conscious and is receiving “excellent care”, for which he thanks all National Health Service (NHS) staff for their hard work and dedication.
Earlier in the day on Monday, Johnson had messaged from his hospital bed to say that he was in “good spirits” and staying in contact with his ministers to oversee the UK’s coronavirus fight back despite his hospitalisation on Sunday night due to persistent COVID-19 symptoms.
Johnson was last seen in public applauding the NHS and other key workers just outside his flat in Downing Street last week and posted his last Twitter video message on Friday, in which he said he was still displaying minor symptoms of coronavirus.
"I still have a temperature. So in accordance with government advice, I must continue my self-isolation until that symptom itself goes. But we're working clearly the whole time on our programme to beat the virus," he said.
