Since January, the number of people dying from infection with the new coronavirus has increased rapidly, and it is announced that about 100 people die every day.

Under these circumstances, in January, a man who lost his father in the new corona and was infected himself responded to NHK's interview.

"I want you to know the horror of corona because the number of infected people is decreasing," he said.

This time, the interviewee was a man in his 50s who lives in Tokyo.



He lost his 90-year-old father, who had lived with him for a long time, to the new coronavirus, and he became infected and his symptoms worsened.

A man lives with his wife and father.



His father had no chronic illness, had a gentle personality, and liked drawing and singing.



However, it is said that the whole family has paid close attention to Corona because his father is old and the man himself has asthma.



Not only did I wear a mask when I went out, but I also diligently disinfected alcohol at home.



Meanwhile, my father had a slight fever since the end of last year.



He lost his appetite, so he consulted with his family doctor and took medicine to see what he was doing.



He said that he had no noticeable subjective symptoms and said, "It's okay without suffocation."



However, on January 3rd, the new year, I suddenly had a high fever of 38 degrees.



The man suspects Corona and contacts his GP.



When I took an image of the lungs, both were white and I was hospitalized as it was.



As a result of undergoing a PCR test, infection was confirmed.



The father usually goes to a long-term care facility, where he may have been infected.



Immediately after admission, I was still able to speak while wearing an oxygen mask.



When a man I met remotely said, "I'll do my best to come back," he said, "Is that okay?"



The man and wife were usually caring for their father at home and underwent a PCR test because they became close contacts.



However, at that time, both were negative.



The man was absent from work and was waiting at home just in case, but suddenly he had a fever in mid-January.



Then I took the second test and this time it was positive.



It is believed that he was infected by his father at home.

The man had asthma and high blood pressure and had a high fever, so he wanted to be hospitalized like his father, but the bed was tight and he was treated at a hotel.



Even after I moved to the hotel, my fever did not go down, and my coughing and malaise became worse.

He always felt the fear of not knowing when his symptoms would get worse.



On the day I entered the hotel, the hospital suddenly contacted me on my mobile phone.



The news was that his father had died.



The father died about two weeks after being transported, as his symptoms worsened after hospitalization and remained unconscious.



The man cannot rush to his father because he is being treated at the hotel.



For fifty years, I couldn't see the end of my father who lived with me or face the body.



A man who was prepared after finding out that his father was infected with corona.



However, he could not accept the sudden death and could hardly sleep that night.



The day after being informed of his father's death, the man responded to an NHK telephone interview saying, "I haven't realized about my father's death yet, but I couldn't see the end and I cried. I myself am infected. So I don't have to worry about what to do if my symptoms get worse or if I can be hospitalized properly when there is a sudden change. "

In anxiety, my father who returned with his ashes is so painful that it cannot be said

The man, who had been taking medical treatment at the hotel for a while while he was trying to become conscious, managed to improve his symptoms.



The man was treated at the hotel for six days and returned home in late January after being told that he was "no longer at risk of spreading the infection to others."



However, because he continued to have coughing and dizziness, he was always worried that his symptoms would worsen and that his wife would be infected with the virus.



Five days after returning home, the remains of his father arrived from the crematorium.



A father who lost his life in just half a month after calling out to him "do his best" when he was hospitalized, and returned as a skeleton.



Men feel most regretted not seeing death.

The man who received the ashes said, "I can't even witness the cremation and I'm just waiting for the bones to come back. It's hard to say. The new corona really kills the elderly. I wanted them to live longer in any condition. That's it. "



The beds and chairs that my father used all the time, and the hats and clothes that he loved, are left in their usual places.



A man who was reminded that the new coronavirus is a deadly virus.



No matter how much infection control is taken, we do not know when, who, and in what form, and we want you to continue to be vigilant without looking too sweet.



The man said, "I was careful that Corona was a scary illness, but I didn't expect it to happen. In just one month, my father died and I became infected. However, my family fell apart. It was a scary thing I had never experienced before. I am still afraid of what to do if I get infected again. Viruses invade, so I really want you to be careful. "



In addition, the man's wife said, "One day, my life suddenly changed and my family was robbed. No matter how careful I was, I didn't know where the virus came from, and I felt the horror of it. You may get tired if you just tighten your mind, but rather than regret after getting infected, take measures to protect yourself, your family, and the people around you. "