Covid-19 almost ended his life.Darren Buttrick said he thought “this could be it” as doctors warned him his body was “shutting down” when he was overcome by the virus in March.Darren revealed how he was one of the first people in the UK to come down with Covid-19.He said: “I remember watching the news that day and it said they were reporting the first 2,000 cases of coronavirus in the UK – and I thought I’m one of the first 2,000 to have it.
I thought I was really unlucky.”Darren, 49, from Staffordshire who works for O2, told the Daily Mirror he contracted the virus while commuting to London for a business trip.
He said: “I started to feel ill, it was just an unwell feeling first. Four days later I was taken to New Cross by ambulance, I had.