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The scene, unfortunately, is relatively frequent in many Spanish homes in recent weeks. Headache, muscle fatigue, cough, unusually high fever ... The procedure, you know, is to call the corresponding health care numbers in each autonomous community and put yourself in the hands of professionals. That is what Asier de la Iglesia did . The answer he received is that he stayed home and that they were not going to do the test unless the symptoms worsened.

That is the response that many people in their situation hear in the face of the shortage of tests for the coronavirus and the saturation of public health due to the pandemic. The peculiarity of this case is that De la Iglesia belongs to a risk group: he has suffered from multiple sclerosis for years and also has asthma.

"I asked them if they were at-risk and they said yes, but that they were not going to test me until I was worse," said the person affected on social networks. For now, the instructions they have given him, despite having " 38 fever and sometimes up to 39 ", is to stay isolated from his parents, with whom he lives, in a room in his house. "I understand that it is the protocol that exists here in Euskadi, but I hope that it will change," he protested.

His complaint through social networks has found a huge echo, since De la Iglesia is one of the great examples of overcoming Spanish sport in recent times. Despite having multiple sclerosis and being 37 years old, he continues to play basketball in the Ordizia de Liga Vasca . Two years ago, his case rose to fame because he managed to be, despite everything, the best player in his EBA League group, the fourth division of national basketball.

In recognition of his fight, De la Iglesia made his debut with Gipuzkoa Basket in the ACB League , thus achieving that his cause had a great echo in all the media. In recent times, De la Iglesia has launched the #BailarconEM project, a platform to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research. That is getting it. Get tested to find out if you have coronavirus, not yet.

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