I LOST 8KG TO COVID-19 - ‘COOL CAT’

EZULWINI – He is a survivor recovering from COVID-19.

That is former Eswatini international and Kaizer Chiefs’ legend William ‘Cool Cat’ Shongwe. 

He tested positive for COVID-19 on December 28 at Oshoek Border Gate as he was coming in from South Africa for the fetive holidays last year.

However, he received treatment at the Malagwane COVID-19 Centre a few days later as his condition worsened when he reached home. As he recovers as reported last Saturday by the Eswatini News Sports, Shongwe has attested that the virus was no child’s play but deadly.

“It’s very tough being the situation I was in as you don’t know if you’ll live or die. What I noticed is that I have lost eight kilograms because of the virus.

“The bad thing is that it hits hard on those who are ageing so I am still recovering from it to date,” Shongwe said after a month later.

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Shongwe did not immediately return to work even after receiving treatment and getting better as he still did not feel well. 

He is employed by SuperSport Television as a football analyst in South Africa. He returned on Monday in Carol Manana’s Extra-time Monday show.

Shongwe had said last week that despite his terrible ordeal with the virus, he believed it was not something that should deprive players of their employment and the beautiful game. 

He felt football must be played under the circumstances as one of the biggest employers in the country especially because there were preventative measures put in place like regular testing, social distancing, sanitising and washing hands among others. 

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He said football would better manage the situation when playing than when suspended as currently is the case in Eswatini at least for six weeks which ends towards end of this month. 

The country is in a six-week log partial lockdown and it has cost sports including football once again. Government banned all sport last March when the pandemic hit the country and unbanned some around last August. 

Shongwe is of the view that COVID-19 is here to stay and people will keep getting infected. 

Asked on the vaccine having survived the harsh second wave attack, Shongwe said while he understood there were many theories about the vaccine, he would not hesitate to take it when it comes.

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