Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong>, the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke champion, has urged people to continue to be attentive to COVID-19<\/strong> and be mindful of the vulnerable after he overcame the disease.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Anesh Debiky\/Swimming South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n
Van der Burgh was speaking as an ambassador for Laureus, the organisation that supports sport for development programmes across the world and harnesses sport as a force for change.<\/a><\/p>\n
He said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling a lot better. I\u2019m fully recovered now from the illness. It was obviously a little bit tougher than the normal flu but luckily it gave me good spirits and good health and (I\u2019m) back to normal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important for everybody to be very careful for their health and take it as not such a joke.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven on top of giving it (if) you\u2019re not the age demographic you can still be quite a serious carrier of this disease and spread it around to somebody that might need to be hospitalised and would be in a lot more serious condition than what you are in.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s imperative that everybody pays real important attention to this and (make sure) we all do our part and are able to stop the spread.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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After battling Covid-19, #MondayMotivation<\/a> with Laureus Ambassador @Cameronvdburgh<\/a> is all you need \ud83d\ude4f #StaySafe<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gboYwAIfJO<\/a><\/p>\n
— Laureus (@LaureusSport) May 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n