Everytime I think of the virus I think of Ayyub alahi asalaam. What motivated him or what kept him keep his will to live. It's not easy to keep going especially with his situation where he lost everything. It hurts more if you have something, to lose it, compared to losing the possibility of having something, that you never had.
Allah calls him , His slave and made him an example for everyone who thinks deeply. So perhaps we can find the will ...