Rick Zamperin: CFL delays 2021 kickoff due to COVID-19, but will a season still happen? Kopacz says the drug Tocilizumab administered to him Friday is helping him turn the corner.“I haven’t had a fever in over 24 hours,” he said. “My coughing is severely minimized.”Before he was admitted, Kopacz was racked with fever, a debilitating cough and chills that prevented him from sleeping for days.Kopacz expects to remain in hospital for a few more days and wasn’t sure what the long-term effects of the virus might be on his health.“The only long-term effect I’m happy with is that I will live,” he said..