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A Sydney mum has revealed how she caught coronavirus after going on a date with a man who had a “dry cough”.

Amie Morris was sick for several weeks with COVID-19, with her condition worsening on day 15 when she was rushed to hospital because of breathing difficulties.

But hardest of all for the 38-year-old was being unable to see her two children while she battled the potentially deadly disease.

Ms Morris told news.com.au that when she went on her date four weeks ago never did she imagine that catching coronavirus was a possibility, as neither of them had been overseas recently.

“At that point it just doesn't enter your head, it was just not a thing at all,” she said. “And even though he had a cough and we joked and I said, ‘ugh I hope that's not corona’, as a joke … I just didn't even think that could be (it)."



Two days after Ms Morris’ date she woke up with a sore throat and over the next few days she developed a fever, a headache, nausea, body aches and lost her sense of taste and smell, before testing positive for coronavirus.

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By then the coronavirus pandemic had progressed rapidly both in Australia and overseas, leaving Ms Morris feeling scared by the diagnosis.

“I think I was also in shock,” she said. “I was like how is this possible? Like, out of all the people in the world how have I got it? I just couldn't get my head around it."

Fortunately Ms Morris’ kids were with their father when she fell ill and did not catch the virus as a result, however, being apart from her loved ones as she battled coronavirus was “horrible”.

“It was awful, that was the thing that was the most upsetting,” she said.

“The biggest thing is human contact I think, because I have my parents here and they're older and I just did not want to give it to them. So I just desperately tried to avoid leaving my room really, and if I did I wore a mask and some gloves. My mum was bleaching everything that I touched."

Ms Morris spent more than two weeks battling coronavirus in isolation before being rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties.

“I'd had another positive test on day 13 and was really down in the dumps after that. I just wanted it to be gone and I was really hoping it would be clear by then,” she said.

“Two days after that I woke up and I couldn't catch my breath. I felt a bit light-headed because I wasn't getting enough air, and I was pretty scared."



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At hospital an X-ray of her chest and blood test showed her lungs were inflamed but thankfully there was no damage.

Ms Morris was sent home to continue her recovery and finally, after three long weeks, she managed to kick coronavirus for good.

She is now encouraging people to follow the social distancing measures put in place by the government to stop the virus from spreading.

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“Fortunately for me I self-isolated straight away, so no-one got the infection from me, I kept it contained,” she said.

“I think that's why it's really important and one of the biggest things I've said before is to stick to the rules, because it does work.

“Everyone's moaning, ‘I can't go out, I can't see people’, but you know it's a short period of time to do it and I just didn't want to pass it to my parents or the kids, and you've just go to sacrifice that."

As for her date, who has since gone home to Europe after his job offer in Australia fell through due to coronavirus, Ms Morris said the two had become friends and bonded over their shared symptoms.

"We've chatted and touched base … (we’re) kind of opposite ends of the earth now, so I don't think we're going to get married anytime soon,” she joked.



More than 5900 Australians have been diagnosed with coronavirus, with 50 people now dead from the virus.