Coronavirus disrupted my sleep, left me numb

Lockdown.

Rwanda imposed a lockdown in Kigali to curb the spread of Covid-19. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Despite millions of lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic in the past one year, beliefs that “it is just flu” or that “it is for old people” still persist.

I am not sharing my experience because it was a unique case, but because I want to bring awareness to the fact that it can happen to anyone, even a 22-year-old healthy woman.