The CNN host announced his diagnosis hours before going on the air.
Earlier in the day, he wrote on social media that he had been experiencing fever, chills and shortness of breath days after being exposed to people who later found out they had the virus.
Speaking on the air Tuesday evening, he said he felt fine ― but indicated his real concern is that he may have gotten a family member sick.Cuomo is broadcasting from his basement, where he hasHe said he was hesitant to talk about himself because his experience is “so small” compared to what so many others are facing.
“This is a fight,” he said. “It’s going to get worse. We’re going to suffer. And you have to accept that not with fear but with almost a fanatical sense of passion to fight because that’s the only way you ever made it through anything hard in your life, and this will be no different.
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