Covid-19 Weakened My Body, But My Resolve To Live Remained Undaunted
I am Subramaniam and I am a fundraiser. Let me share with you about my experience of testing positive for COVID-19 . I live in Chennai with my wife and a ten-year-old daughter. I fundraise for End AIDS India campaign which means I solicit funds from individuals and small businesses to contribute towards HIV free and healthier India. In my long association with End AIDS India campaign, I have understood how critical it is to sustain HIV programmes to reach India’s goal of making the country HIV free. This is precisely why I sprung to action as soon as the lockdown was lifted from my area. People living with HIV generally suffer low immunity and are susceptible to other infections. I knew we cannot halt fundraising and supporting more than 1.4 million children and adults living with HIV registered with our programme and provide them with life-saving medicines, food, essential supplies. Aware of the highly contagious nature of the novel coronavirus I took all possible precautions whe...