A day after testing negative to COVID-19 and feeling healthy, Melbourne youth leader Ahmed Hassan was in a hospital emergency ward in terrible pain, shaking, and now testing positive for coronavirus.
Key points:
- Ahmed Hassan was told his COVID-19 test was negative
- A day later he was hospitalised and tested positive for coronavirus
- He encourages other young people to take the virus seriously
“It happened all of a sudden and within 24 to 48 hours of having a negative test, you’re a positive and you’re in a hospital bed struggling to contain yourself and, you know, basically losing all types of control,” Mr Hassan, 23, told 7.30.
“People need to understand that this virus does not discriminate for age, col