Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta "fully recovered" from coronavirus
English Premier League club Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta has recovered from the coronavirus, local media reported on Friday. Arteta told BBC One's Football Focus presenter Dan Walker that he has "completely recovered" after contracting the virus last month.
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- Published Date: 02:00 | 11 April 2020
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he has fully recovered from the coronavirus, two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.
Arteta, who turned 38 on Thursday, told the Arsenal website that he is "completely fine" and that he only felt ill for a few days.
He said "it was a normal virus for me. I had three or four days which were a little bit difficult, with a bit of a temperature and a dry cough, and some discomfort in my chest."
Arteta became the first Premier League figure to test positive for the coronavirus on March 12. The league was then suspended the next day.
The Spaniard said his wife and nanny also contracted COVID-19, but his three children did not.
He said "we are all completely fine now."
The U.K. on Friday confirmed 980 new deaths in the country over the past 24 hours, the largest rise on record in the country.
After originating in Wuhan, China last December, COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has spread to at least 185 countries and regions across the world.
The pandemic has killed more than 101,100 people, and infected over 1.67 million, while nearly 372,000 people recovered from the disease, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.