MADRID

I was able to defeat the lethal coronavirus after four weeks in quarantine in Spain where I am working as a correspondent for Anadolu Agency.

On March 11, we quarantined ourselves at home with my wife and 6-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Schools were closed and private sector employees were asked to work from home, after bodies started piling in Italy due to the pandemic.

On March 14, a state of emergency was declared in Spain.

My family and I were flung into the fight with COVID-19 two days later.

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