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08.05.2021 / 05:13
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‘This can happen to anybody,’ says B.C. fitness trainer, 33, hospitalized with COVID-19
COVID-19 can seriously affect anyone, no matter young or healthy they are.Tarik Rahimin, 33, has spent most of his adult life working in the nutritional supplements industry, and has been a personal trainer for nearly a decade.A nutritious diet, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and exercise, he told Global News, are all central to his lifestyle.“Health is wealth,” he said. As COVID-19 variants spread in B.C., concern grows for effects on younger adults But it wasn’t enough to keep Rahimin out of the emergency room at Surrey Memorial Hospital after he contracted a COVID-19 variant in early April.“My hands were turning purple, yellow and blue, so they got me on oxygen right away,” he said.“It felt like I was hit by a tank.