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Man dies after 20 weeks in lockdown – Ballina Shire Advocate
One of the first men to contract coronavirus has died after he “endured more lockdown than anyone”. His heartbroken Bribie Island mum says he never got over it
A man believed to be one of the first people to have contracted coronavirus has died after suffering months of “hardship”, his heartbroken mum has revealed.
British student Connor Reed, 26, had been working at a college in Wuhan in China teaching English when he fell ill with COVID-19 in November last year.
He first shrugged off the symptoms as flu and was off work bedridden in his apartment.
But he was later hospitalised after developing a serious cough and losing his voice.
He went on to make…
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