Coronavirus: musician from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 bar cluster recounts harrowing experience of battle with disease

Mark Anthony Balcueva knew there was a chance he might catch Covid-19, but he was still shaken to his core when he received news of his infection, which resulted in a close brush with death and 13 days in hospital.The 41-year-old Filipino drummer and father of one performed in packed bars in Hong Kong six nights a week to make ends meet, but 48 hours after his last show on March 23, he became seriously ill with stomachache and diarrhoea, and a persistent fever of more than 39 degrees Celsius.He…

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