Some Americans on the mend speak to ABC News about the serious care and what it took to get healthy.
Even celebrities like Tom Hanks, his wife Rita Wilson and Idris Elba -- who all tested positive for COVID-19 and spoke out about their experiences on social media -- have since shared their stories of recovery.
ABC News' Kaylee Hartung, who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus after covering the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, last week, said it took a few days before she had a runny nose and body aches and warned"by the time you feel symptoms it's too late." Hartung said she does not know who she came into direct contact with that was positive with the virus and felt fine initially upon returning from Seattle.Kaylee Hartung appears on "Good Morning America," March 18, 2020."What was notable to me was I wasn't having the symptoms that were being so closely associated with coronavirus. I wasn't having any sort of a dry cough.
"My health care provider called me back and said, 'because of where you have been, we do want you to get tested,'" Hartung said."I empathize for so many people in my position who have these mild symptoms, who aren't experiencing something so severe or if you need hospitalization or you even require special care, I empathize with you completely."Hartung covered the outbreak during the early days of the spread in Seattle, and details her symptoms and recovery.
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