Coronavirus: Indonesian patients say stigma difficult to overcome
A former COVID-19 patient shares his three-month recovery journey with Al Jazeera.
As the world tries to understand more about COVID-19, some patients who have recovered say more attention should be given to mental health.
One patient shared his three-month recovery journey with Al Jazeera and described how overcoming the stigma of being a former patient has been difficult.
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington has the story from Cirebon, Indonesia.
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