“Before I started feeling the symptoms on Saturday I was on the phone to my wife Bianca's mother and I said to her that I hoped if anyone in our family got it that it would be me,” West Bromwich striker Charlie Austin told the Daily Telegraph.
“I felt like I was fit and healthy and I could handle it. A week later and I would say to anyone, even those in their 20s and 30s – 'Don't take it lightly – it's serious'.
“I get that people who haven't got it are going about their lives. Last week, I was living my life.
“Not that I didn't take coronavirus seriously. But this is extremely serious and we should take it that way.”
The coronavirus pandemic is now raging across the globe. Governments are taking drastic measures to curb the spread of the contagion.
Football season in European championships has been suspended.
Meanwhile, the situation in China seems to be improving, the health ministry has reported recently.
