KUALA LUMPUR: Despite having recovered from the coronavirus, actress Tiz Zaqyah is still rattled by the whole experience.
The 32-year-old artiste shared this during a webinar session on Covid-19 survivors' experience, organised by Science Media Centre Malaysia and The Petri Dish recently.
"As soon as I was confirmed positive for Covid-19 last May, I panicked and had mixed feelings of uneasiness.
"I felt very anxious especially since both my parents were my close contacts. I didn't have any symptoms so I was worried that they could have easily been infected as well as we are all staying the the same house," said Tiz who underwent home quarantine after her diagnosis.
Her anxiety made her feel depressed and hopeless as she knew her parents were at higher risk of being infected.
"As soon I recovered fully from the virus, it didn't take long for me to have them registered for vaccination. I'm so relieved now that both of them have received their first shot of the vaccine," she said.
Tiz said she was also counting the days before her turn comes up for the inoculation, but it won't be so soon as former Covid-19 patients would have to wait for a period of three months to allow the body to build sufficient immunity and protective antibodies in response to the coronavirus.