'I would wake up with a mouth full of blood': Dengue patient shares his ordeal

Even after his symptoms subsided, Mr Gary Yang continued to suffer from lethargy and a poor appetite for about a month. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE - When Mr Gary Yang came down with a fever and body aches in August 2020, he feared the worst - that he had Covid-19.

This was, after all, before vaccines had been made available to the public, and before the coronavirus was declared endemic in Singapore. So when his Covid-19 test results came back negative, he heaved a sigh of relief.

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