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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 08: Anadolu Agency Madrid correspondent Senhan Bolelli talks about his struggle against COVID-19 with his family on April 08, 2020 in 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.After waking up with a sharp headache and body pain, I thought I had symptoms of the virus. I immediately quarantined myself in a room in the house.I set up an inflatable mattress in the house and started resting there.The fever and headache got better in five to six days after I used paracetamol on the advice of doctors over the phone. However, I did not feel fully recovered.Over the next few days, I kept calling the COVID-19 helpline set up by the Madrid Health Department.They told me to call the ambulance only if I was having problems in breathing. Otherwise, I should stay put at home and rest.When my coughing worsened, I went to San Rafael Hospital in downtown Madrid on March 28. I was given masks and gloves at the hospital.Although San Rafael is a well-known hospital, they did not have COVID-19 testing kits and they ran a chest scan and blood test on me. After these two tests, I was told there was a 97% chance that I had contracted the novel virus, but I had mild symptoms.(Footage by Senhan Bolelli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)