The crude story of a Spanish soccer player who suffered from coronavirus: “When I went to shower, I almost fainted”

The rapid expansion of coronavirus around the world and the ease of contagion that it has makes nobody exempt from becoming infected with this disease, including high performance athletes. A last count established that there are already more than 60 the different athletes and players infected on the planet and it was one of them precisely who decided to share their experience of COVID-19.

Is about Jonathas de Jesus, the Brazilian footballer who works in the Elche and that all the symptoms of this pandemic suffered. "I didn't even have the strength to move. When I went to shower, I almost passed out. It was a very strong pain, I had never felt it. This virus is not a joke. If I am an athlete and I felt that way, imagine how an older person will feel ”, revealed in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Balloon the striker who, fortunately, has already been discharged.

The scorer of 31 years He had been diagnosed on March 16 and became the third infected footballer in Spanish football. After a week of recovery, the one born in Minas Geiras He is already healthy at home and even trained again.

“I started to feel a fever, a very bad feeling. I thought it was a migraine, but since my head hurt a lot, my body hurt too. The next day I spoke to the team doctor and he told me to do the test because they were all symptoms of coronavirus ”Jonathas recalled.

Also, Jonathas He decided to send a message to the fans of the Ilisitanos to convey tranquility and show that he is already better. "Good morning, French Greens. I feel much better, I was doing everything normally and following the recommendations of the medical staff. I was training a little bit in my house, where I am feeling much better. The truth is that I have already missed training with all my teammates. I send you a hug, ”he said in a video broadcast by the social networks of the cast that is active in the Second Division.

Spain It is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus at the moment. According to records, they are already more than 33,000 positive cases and the number of fatal victims amounted to 2207 people.