"This virus is a drama, a real thing, and you have to take it very seriously. Please protect your family members and the people you love." Thus, Karl-Anthony Towns, first choice at the 2015 NBA draft and today a Minnesota Timberwolves star, who publishes his story on Instagram "in the hope that he will convince people to stay at home".
Towns says both of his parents tested positive for coronavirus and that while the father is in quarantine at home after hospital checks, the mother is hospitalized and in an induced coma. "We will keep on fighting and we will win - is Towns' cry - My mother is the strongest woman I know and I am sure she will make it. And afterwards we will meet together".
Then, an appeal that makes it clear that in the hospitals of the United States the situation is not easy: "We need more equipment, tools and help the medical staff engaged in the front line. Thanks to the doctors who are taking care of my mother, I am sure she will improve. You are heroes! ".