From the BBC:
"The worst bit is the uncontrollable coughing," says Andrew O'Dwyer, who is recovering after being infected with the new coronavirus following a skiing trip to Italy in late February.
"I've had worse flu, without a doubt - but I wouldn't want to catch it again," he says during his self-isolation at home in south-west London.
Despite having type 1 diabetes, Andrew says having the virus "isn't anything to worry about for me personally".
He adds that the fever he experienced is "no different to normal flu-type symptoms".
"I've not been concerned," he says.
Andrew was told the virus wasn't circulating in the resort he was staying in, but 21 out of 25 people in his skiing group have since become infected.
On his return from Italy to the UK, he decided to stay at home and self-isolate as a precaution, despite experiencing no symptoms at that point.
'Debilitating cough'
Some people in his group fell ill within two days, so he contacted NHS 111, which he says was "very good".
"I got tested before I was feeling ill because other people had tested positive.
"I found out three days later I was positive. But it was over a week before I showed symptoms," he says.
They included a "quite debilitating cough" and a high temperature that kept rising and falling.
He says he found that taking paracetamol really helped to reduce his fever.
-RW
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