one of them is here on the ward — paramedic mark anders.ing to fight off the virus before his colleagues rushed him to hospital. when i was in a&e, i think because my temperature was so high, lots of things in my head going on, and they kept coming in and saying, "we can't get your temperature down, your blood pressure is too low," and next minute they said, "i think you are going to have to go to icu," and i think that was something... i was just fighting it from there on. you definitely didn't want to go to intensive care, did you? no. it's 50/50 whether you come out alive, isn't it? in the end mark didn't need intensive care. he can't be sure how he caught covid, but knows he was exposed to the virus while doing his job. i suppose it shows the risks. yeah, you try and do everything by the book and just something catches you out and you get it. i don't think you realise then — it's everywhere, everything you touch, everything you breathe. ijust never had to deal with anything like this before. mark's wife is alone at home. kathy also had

paramedic mark anders is one of many health care workers across the uk who contracted covid—19. of manyinute they said, i think you‘re going to have to move and that was something, i was just finding it from their own. you definitely did not want to go to intensive care, did you? no, it's 50-50 intensive care, did you? no, it's 50—50 whether you come out alive. intensive care, did you? no, it's 50—50 whether you come out alivem the end, he did not need intensive care. it cannot be sure how he contracted coronavirus but he knows he was exposed to the virus while doing hisjob. isuppose he was exposed to the virus while doing hisjob. i suppose it shows the risks. yes, you try and do everything by the book. you know, something catches you out, you get it. i don‘t think you realise it‘s everywhere. everything you touch, everything you breathe. it‘s just, i‘ve never had to deal with anything like this before. like the vast majority of people who get coronavirus, mark ‘s has recovered. he is returning home to his wife, cathy. just amazing, the best thing ever. just amazing, the best thing ever