Didier Drogba, the Chelsea striker, is glad that the worst of this battle with malaria is over. He reported that at first it was thought that he was suffering from a virus. However, recent tests confirmed it was malaria.
Drogba says he is not sure where or when he caught the disease; although others have guessed it might have been when he was in Africa, back in September. Drogba became very ill before the games with Arsenal on 3 October.
He is now undergoing intensive treatment and it is reported that the malaria is the type that will clear out. His manager says that he was very unselfish to have played when he was ill.