I could not find a Covid test anywhere in Delhi. This is what I did
I could not find a Covid test anywhere in Delhi. This is what I did
Covid-19 cases in India are at an all-time high and labs are constantly overburdened with test requests. In such a scenario, what can one do when symptoms come hot and heavy, while an appointment for Covid test remains at a distance?
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India is currently battling the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
It was two weeks ago that I felt feverish after a well-rested weekend. I wanted to, and halfway did, convince myself that it was a case of Monday blues. I didn't want to get out of bed. To be honest, just sit up and switch my laptop on for work, because that's life now. I feared it was coronavirus, but wasn't ready to accept it just yet. For more than a year, I had been successful at safeguarding myself from it. Maybe I did catch it at some point, but it never got to a point where I felt the need to get tested, to try and recover. There were never any symptoms, never the physical exhaustion. I wasn't stepping out of my house anyway. But now, I had started coughing and couldn't stop. My body burned and my head hurt. I was under a spell of fatigue. So, I decided to get a Covid test.