A man who was left fighting for his life after falling ill with Covid just before he was due to get a booster jab has urged people to get vaccinated.
Aeron Maldwyn Jones, from Gwynedd in North Wales, was told he could have to be placed in an induced coma during an 11-day stay at Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor.
Double jabbed Mr Jones, a local councillor who represents the Llanwnda ward near Caernafon, tested positive for the virus a few weeks ago - along with his wife - and started developed difficulty breathing shortly afterwards.
He told North Wales Live : "I had been self-isolating at home for five days after testing positive and I was just getting worse every day. Then I just couldn't breathe.
"I was upstairs, fighting for breath. My wife had to call an ambulance and I was taken to hospital."
Mr Jones also that he could barely speak and had to be given oxygen and steroids.
"Two doctors came in to see me one afternoon and said I might have to be put into induced coma.
"But, thankfully, that night the oxygen and steroids started to have a positive effect and I stayed on the ward instead of going to the intensive care unit."
Coincidentally another local councillor also contracted Covid-19 around the same time and was being treated on the same ward as Mr Jones.
Cllr Peter Garlick, who represents Bontnewydd, fell ill on Wednesday, November 3 and was taken by ambulance to hospital six days later.
Both have since paid tribute to the hard work of the medics and other staff on the ward, as well as warning members of the public to get vaccinated and to remain vigilant.
"If you're fighting Covid at home and you feel like you can't cope you don't want to leave it too late to seek help," said Mr Jones, who added that he still feels the affects of the condition.
"Calling an ambulance and going to hospital is what stood me in good stead.
"I've been coping well since coming out. Although I get out of breath very easily and I'm still coughing.
"But I'm alive. That's what's important."
