A woman whose partner is lying in intensive care having caught coronavirus is urging the UK to wake up to the dangers it poses.
Jennifer Colqhoun husband's Stewart had no underlying health problems before he developed severe Covid-19 symptoms last week.
The 47-year-old was admitted to intensive care on Thursday, Glasgow Live reported.
As he battles the respiratory disease at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, Jennifer is distraught she cannot be by his side.
She posted on Facebook : "People need to wake up to how dangerous this is.
“I am not allowed to sit with him, hold his hand and say 'stay strong' , 'we love you' and 'come on fight this' due to the severity of this virus.
"Please tell everyone you know to stay safe."
She added: “I am not one for sharing information about my personal life on social media, but today someone told me to share this as I am frightened about how this horrendous coronavirus is not being taken seriously by thousands and thousands of people."
Jennifer, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, is also worried about who will look after her children should she need to go back into hospital.
She went on: “I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and chemotherapy finished in November.
"I have had three operations ending in a mastectomy in February and I’m waiting to start radiotherapy at the end of this month which I don’t think will happen due to all of this as I will still be in a self isolation period.
“I am so worried about my kids if I also end up in hospital. I don't know who will look after them as my mum and dad are 72 and 86.
"This is all like a nightmare that you want to wake up from.”
Scotland is following the same stringent lockdown measures as the rest of the UK following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech on Monday night.
Police are to be given powers to fine people who breach the new measures, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said as she instructed people to stay home.
Speaking at St Andrew's House in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon said coronavirus is "the biggest challenge of our lifetime" and that the new measures are essential to "slow down the virus and prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed".
She said funerals will be "restricted to immediate family only" as she ordered people to stay at home.
