A mother-of-nine contracted Covid-19 twice within four months and is still suffering the effects of the second bout of the virus months later.
Ida Norton, 49, first tested positive in May, and was horrified to get a second positive reading in September, along with 11 members of her family. "Given my age, I didn't think I would survive," said the Alaska resident. "I'm obese.
I weigh 220lbs and I'm 5ft 4in." Ida, of Anchorage, Alaska, feared for her life when she first caught the virus. She said: "I felt like I wasn't really sick except for the tightness of my chest and the sore throat.
Mentally, I was horrified. "I was distraught and I didn't know what to expect." Ida, who works for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and is tested