Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe family believe she has coronavirus - The Guardian, Theguardian.com

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“It has been a sore.” throat for days now. Really bad. It is now more than five days – with a severe sore throat that is not going away.

“At the beginning I had a runny nose and a cough. Now I have this continual cold sweat I have a temperature, though not all the time. The past couple of days I have been shivering every night. The past couple of days I have had nausea – feeling like I am about to vomit, though I do not. “I have difficulty breathing and pain in my muscles, and fatigue. I do not pant, but I am finding it hard to breathe. And I am just very, very tired. I have a real tiredness, and a heavy head. I am too tired to do anything. “For a long time this” has not felt like a normal cold. These symptoms have lasted almost a week. I know I need to get medicine to get better. This does not go magically. ”

Zaghari-Ratcliffe called her family on Saturday to update them on her health, the wider conditions in the ward, and the reluctance of the prison to test her for the virus. “We call on the UK.” government to insist that Nazanin is tested for coronavirus immediately, and is treated properly, ”her family said. “We further call on the prime minister to take charge as part of his coronavirus efforts to ensure that British-Iranians held hostage in Evin prison are diplomatically protected. ”