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- SA Rugby’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has revealed that he recently contracted Covid-19.
- The deadly disease affected his entire family.
- Erasmus, who had a serious illness last year, has made a good recovery.
SA Rugby rugby director and 2019 Rugby World Cup winning coach Rassie Erasmus has confirmed that he contracted Covid-19 recently, but his recovery is on track.
Erasmus, who was diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis with granulomatosis, a rare autoimmune disease in early 2019, belongs to the vulnerable category group when it comes to Covid-19.
His disease, which was treated with chemotherapy, is not cancerous but can adversely affect vital organs, including the kidneys and lungs, as well as the sinuses and trachea.
Erasmus suffered from a rare strain of the disease that his doctor said was life threatening.
As a precautionary measure, Erasmus did not physically attend last year’s Green and Gold match in Newlands due to illness.
“I had Covid-19 and now I am on the 23rd. My wife and I contracted it, along with the children. Their symptoms were just from losing taste and they didn’t feel sick, ”Erasmus said.
“For five to six days, we were pretty bad. That was from day nine to day 14. I think at that point we were pretty bad and depressed. I was really worried because some of us have underlying diseases. The only thing left now … is the low heart rate. “
Erasmus, who also mentioned that Bulls rugby director Jake White was also infected with the virus, while Sharks coach Sean Everitt did not travel with his team to face the Cheetahs recently due to problems with Covid-19 said it had mild side effects from the virus. .
Erasmus is not the first high-profile South African sports personality to contract Covid-19.
Proteas coach Mark Boucher revealed late last year that he, too, contracted the virus.
According to the time of publication, South Africa had registered more than 1.3 million cases of Covid-19 with more than 37,000 deaths. As of January 17, there were 254 more deaths.
“It’s one of the side effects, one that you definitely shouldn’t have, being as fat as you are apparently. I only have headaches, but there are people who have had worse. At this stage, although we are doing reasonably well, ”Erasmus said.
