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Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. “Frankly speaking, sometimes I become scared when I experience an attack, and I always pray to God to let it be that it’s asthma attack and not coronavirus in disguise,” he said.Ĭontent created and supplied by: Danix5060 (via Opera “I personally had cause to move away from a person that had a mild asthma attack, until I was convinced it was not a case of COVID-19,” he said.
In any case, how do you differentiate difficulty in breaching occasioned by an asthma attack and one caused by coronavirus? “With the coronavirus pandemic moving like a bushfire, everybody must be careful. “One of the customers even drew the attention of the bank’s security personnel, who approached me, yet even after explaining the situation, nobody was willing to take chances.”Īnother patient, Umaru Galadima, said he had experienced such stigmatisation but said whoever was skeptical had a genuine reason to be suspicious. “Knowing the implication, I excused myself and kept a distance, but when the attack subsided and I went back to the queue, nobody was willing to stay close to me. “We had queued up outside waiting for our turn to enter the banking hall when l had a mild attack. “Sometimes, even relations are not comfortable I know of somebody whose brothers contemplated calling NCDC to help determine whether it was the normal asthma attack or coronavirus,” she said.Īnother patient, Mohammed Umar, said he had experienced stigmatisation twice while trying to withdraw money from a bank. "said the most annoying aspect was that even some people in the neighbourhood, who were aware of their status as asthma patients, display such attitude. One asthma patient, Mrs Hadiza Usman, spoke to newsmen They said since it was not possible under such circumstances to satisfactorily explain themselves, they faced enormous embarrassment. They lamented, for this reason, anytime they experienced an asthma attack in public, they were treated with hatred, sometimes people fleeing from the scene. Many People suffering from Asthma have complained of being mistaken for coronavirus patients because of the occasional breathing difficulties they encounter a times.Īccording to source, who spoke to newsmen say they are also being stigmatised as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Īccording to reports, said because ‘breathing difficulties’ is one of the important symptoms in determining a case of coronavirus prior to a medical test, they were being mistaken for COVID-19 patients, particularly in public places.
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