Gasping, afraid, alone. What it's like to die a Covid-19 death


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  • Sunday, 02 Aug 2020

iPad goodbyes: All round the world, healthcare workers have to facilitate remote farewells for Covid-19 patients with their families. — AFP

THEY beg for help. They flail. Their eyes fill with terror.

"We have people that are sitting in bed and they're breathing like they're running a marathon at full speed," said Dr Adupa Rao, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Keck Hospital of USC in California.

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