A Briton social worker who has been coming to India to help local artisans through his charity organisation combated dengue, malaria and corona but came out of all the challenges unscathed.

On the evening of November 7, Jones, 70, was bitten by a Cobra at a village near Jodhpur and was rushed to hospital. "He had blurred vision and was not in a condition to walk. Initially, we tested him for COVID-19 but it came out negative. After a line of treatment for snake-bite, Jones was back on his feet within a week and was discharged on November 16," says Abhishek Tater, the physician who treated him at Medipulse Hospital, Jodhpur.