COVID-19 survivor from New York pleads to China to tell the actual truth about coronavirus

An eminent Indian-American attorney and survivor of COVID-19 wants China to tell the deadly pathogen's "raw truth" to the world so that scientists and doctors could find its cure, saying nobody will go out until a vaccine is available. "I wish for humanity to survive this deceptively friendly coronavirus. I expect China to tell all - the raw truth - so every nations'' scientists and doctors, not just our hero Dr Anthony Fauci can use ''open source'' data and find a vaccine as soon as possible," said New York-based attorney Ravi Batra, who and his family recently recovered from COVID-19 which has killed nearly 70,000 globally.

"Having talked to death, I feel energised to do good as never before," he said. Along with him, his wife Ranju and daughter Angela tested positive. "Until a vaccine is available, nobody is going out to work, play or go to school. The economy, national, regional and global we knew is dead, it''s not coming back," he told PTI. Not aware of when he got infected with coronavirus, Batra said all he knows is that on March 14 he not only had fever, but a strange feeling in body. On March 20, he received report saying they all tested positive. The doctor prescribed him Plaquenil, and Zpak for all three of them.

"During the 104.3 fever days, when I was on fire and was putting ice cubes in my eyeballs, head and wrists to cool my blood, I rejected Ranju''s calls to go to the hospital - as I knew our home was cleaner and had fresh air from Long Island Sound. These fire days lasted 2-3 days, and I was richly aware that death was waiting outside my door for me," he said, adding that after sixteen days, he hit 98.6 degrees and became fever free. "Since then, we''ve continued to remain in quarantine and self isolation; which means we sleep in separate bedrooms and have separate individual bathrooms. "Even when we sit around the dining table for meals, we maintain social distance of 6-10 feet," Mr Batra added.