A young nurse who has been infected with Covid-19 has told of her shock at testing positive after experiencing “mixed” symptoms.
Emma Biggar from Dublin has been in St Vincent’s Hospital since Saturday morning.
The 23-year-old told Dublin Live : “I think I got it in the community doing the shopping for my mum.
“I really didn’t think I had it, I was so upset and the worst part is I got told I had Covid-19 when I was on my own and could only FaceTime my family to let them know.
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“I know they find it tough but they’ve been my rock through this, on the other end of the phone even if it’s 3am in the morning. It’s so tough and watching all the elderly patients not seeing their family is so awful.”
Emma had been working as a nurse in London but while visiting home the country went into lockdown.
Due to having an underlying condition and being unable to keep down food she was admitted to the hospital as she was deemed to be in the “at-risk” category.
She said: “I decided to tell my story in the hope of sharing some awareness for all generations to stay at home during this time. It’s not just old people being affected.
“We have to work together in raising awareness and showing each other support by telling each other to stay in and stay apart.
“Everyone has been so good. Since I trained in this hospital a lot of my friends have been dropping bags of things for me on to the ward. It’s the little things that count. I miss being out there helping everyone.”
