CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced Friday she has tested
positive for coronavirus after being hit with a sudden onset of
symptoms Thursday afternoon.
“I am OKAY. It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills,
aches, fever,” Baldwin said in an Instagram post on Friday.
Baldwin, who has been broadcasting from CNN’s New York City
offices, is the second CNN anchor to announce she’s contracted
the virus this week, just days after CNN’s Chris Cuomo said he
has the illness. Baldwin said she has been social distancing and
following government guidelines, but the virus still “got”
her.
The anchor is among many other journalists that have contracted
the virus. Baldwin, who hosts “CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin”
weekday afternoons, said she looks forward to being back on
television “real soon.”
“I’m healthy…no underlying conditions…,” Baldwin’s
post said. “Honestly, I feel like one of the lucky ones.”
She continued: “And shout out to the doctors and nurses who
are doing the real work right now.”
