1 / 10A 72-year-old British man tested positive for the Covid-19 for 10 months in what is thought to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection, researchers said on Thursday.2 / 10Dave Smith, a retired driving instructor from Bristol, said he tested positive 43 times, and had been hospitalised as many as seven times.3 / 10“I’d resigned myself, I’d called the family in, made my peace with everybody, said goodbye,” he told BBC4 / 10 Ed Moran, an expert at University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust, said Smith “had active virus in his body” throughout.5 / 10Smith said, ‘I told my wife Lynn, let me go, I feel like I’m stuck with myself. This has become even more difficult now. So, Lynn said, 'We felt many times that Smith would not be able to cope anymore.'6 / 10Smith was treated with a new blend of anti-viral drugs. His treatment took two weeks. When he got the information from the doctor that his report was negative, he could not believe his ears.7 / 10After this, the doctor advised him to take the test again after waiting for a week and even after a week, his report was negative.8 / 10Smith opened the bottle of champagne and celebrated the covid negative. “We’ve had a bottle of champagne for days,” Smith said. Usually we don’t drink alcohol, but that night we opened that bottle and celebrated the negative report.9 / 10There is no denying that Smith was healed by his strong will, according to doctors. It was a coincidence that the drug was used on him in a way, but the drug also affected him.10 / 10Smith recovered from COVID-19 after 290 days. Scientists are also studying the matter.