Philippines goalkeeper in hospital 'on the mend' from COVID
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Philippines goalkeeper Neil Etheridge 報告（する）／憶測d he is "slowly on the mend" from COVID-19 though he remained 入院させるd Thursday.
Birmingham, Etheridge's team in England, 発表するd Wednesday that Etheridge was receiving 治療 in the hospital. He had recently 報告（する）／憶測d 支援する to the second-分割 club for pre-season training.
"I'm feeling stronger today," the 31-year-old Etheridge wrote on his Instagram Stories on Thursday. "I will put a more 詳細（に述べる）d message out in 予定 course but I just 手配中の，お尋ね者 to let everyone know I'm slowly on the mend."
The …を伴ってing photo, which Birmingham tweeted, showed Etheridge sitting upright with what appeared to be an oxygen tube in his nose.
Neither Etheridge nor Birmingham have said if he has been vaccinated.
Birmingham 経営者／支配人 物陰／風下 Bowyer told club マスコミ he was relieved to hear that Etheridge's 条件 is 改善するing.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, とじ込み／提出する photo, Philippines' goalkeeper Neil Etheridge fails to 封鎖する a Bahrain goal during a 予選 共同の qualifier for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in Riffa, Bahrain. Philippines goalkeeper Neil Etheridge has been 入院させるd with COVID-19, it was 発表するd Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Pho to/Hasan Jamali, とじ込み／提出する)
"Today was the first time in a while that we've heard he's on the 権利 direction in getting better, which is good, because when you hear it's a bit worse, bit worse, bit worse, it becomes worrying then," Bowyer said. "Hopefully we can get him out of the hospital and 支援する home and then 支援する to us."
Etheridge made 43 外見s for the Blues last year after three seasons with Cardiff.
He was born in London to an English father and Filipino mother. He made his international debut in 2008 at the age of 18.
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