Charvi
Saraf
who
plays
Shivani
Sharma
on
Kasautii
Zindagii
Kay
recently
opened
up
and
revealed
that
she
has
been
showing
symptoms
associated
with
the
coronavirus
infection.
The
actress
shared
her
ordeal
in
an
open
letter
for
Pinkvilla
about
getting
a
COVID-19
test
done
and
how
she
was
refused
'point-blank’
by
the
doctors
and
hospitals
in
Delhi.
Charvi
wrote,
"I
have
COVID
19
symptoms,
but
is
getting
a
test
done
too
much
to
ask
for
in
Delhi
??
Ever
since
the
lockdown
was
announced,
I'm
in
Delhi,
my
hometown.
We
were
homebound
and
like
everyone
else,
we
only
used
to
step
out
for
buying
essentials.
Everything
seemed
fairly
okay,
and
healthy.
We
had
adjusted
to
the
new
corona
lifestyle.
But
last
week
I
started
feeling
uneasy,
my
body
temperature
kept
picking
up
and
dropping.
Soon
I
started
having
high
fever,
with
a
lot
of
body
ache,
breathlessness,
pain
in
the
throat,
headache,
etc.
Of
course,
like
anyone
would,
I
started
panicking
with
the
fear
that
am
I
suffering
from
COVID?
Moreover,
I
was
scared
for
my
family,
I
didn't
want
anything
to
happen
to
them,
so
I
decided
to
quarantine
myself."
She
went
on
to
add,
"The
first
thing
in
the
mind
was
to
get
a
COVID-19
test
done
but,
little
did
I
know
that
even
getting
a
test
done
was
a
task
in
its
own
way
in
Delhi.
I
made
few
calls
to
the
doctors
who
had
been
treating
us
for
years,
they
said
they
don't
have
COVID
test
kits
with
them,
which
I
understand.
Next,
I
called
few
private
hospitals
nearby,
they
point
blank
refused
saying
this
facility
is
not
available
here.
It's
been
five
days
now
of
showing
proper
symptoms
and
my
attempts
for
getting
a
test
done
has
been
futile
when
I
know
I
have
those
symptoms.”
The
actress
concluded
by
expressing
her
disappointment
in
the
handling
of
the
pandemic
by
the
Delhi
Government.
“I
thought
some
reports
were
rumours
but
now
I
am
forced
to
believe.
If
getting
a
test
done
to
know
if
a
person
is
positive
or
negative
is
such
an
issue,
I
really
don’t
know
how
the
government
will
help
the
people
of
Delhi,”
she
wrote.