At the time, Ali was unvaccinated. The woman told the Manchester Evening News (MEN) on Sunday that she had been hesitant to get the shot because of certain things she had read online.

“I had not been jabbed. I was proper against it back then,” Ali told MEN. “For me, it was all because it was new. It was a new vaccine and I was hearing a lot of conspiracy theories.

“At the time my husband was also really against it. I did not think twice about not having a jab. Then I got [COVID-19] really, really bad.”

Ali said the disease left her bed-bound for three weeks and she didn’t leave home for a whole month.