“I had no pre-existing health conditions. But then it happened. A tickle in my throat, and a mild cough. I had no idea what I was in for.”

“We think it was the night we went out to celebrate his sister-in-law’s 40th birthday in early March. We went to a Mexican restaurant on Long Island that Friday night, and we shared lots of laughs and food. We took turns placing our straws into this mega margarita, passing it around the table. We didn’t think anything of it at the time, of course…” 

“I decided to take a trip to Finland to see the northern lights in early March 2020. I was tracking the coronavirus, but I thought it was too far from me. Still, I took extra precautions. I wore an N95 mask on the planes, sanitized my seating area, and washed my hands repeatedly. Back home two weeks later I got a slight fever…”

“I did everything I was supposed to. I was cleaning with Clorox 24/7 and washing hands and I did everything. I do not know how I got this. I have no clue. But when it hits, it hits and it hits hard.”

“There’s a lot of unknowns. If we’re putting our healthcare workers in dangerous situations, it's not protecting us and it's not protecting our patients either. With the virus so rampant, opening up the country too soon is going to cause a second wave.”

“There were so many times I thought it was time to go to the hospital, but the fear was paralyzing. The physical toll was massive, however, the anxiety and fear was crippling.”

“It started on Friday, March 13 — of course right?”

“I had sleepless nights where I was wondering what would happen to my family if something really did happen to me.  Finally, I woke up on March 25, 2020 with no sweats, no drip, no congestion, no fever, no headache and no chills. I felt about 98% back to normal. I felt like the 1,000 pound gorilla came off my chest.”

“I think there was a terrific rise in numbers because they had people just wandering all around the ship going cabin to cabin to cabin.”

The first woman in Thailand to contract Coronavirus.

“I think about my friends in Wuhan, all of them struggling to get a hospital bed, and I can’t complain any more.”

The 32-year-old architect briefly stopped off in the city on Jan. 18 to hold a business meeting as he headed from northern China to the south for a family visit during China’s weeklong Lunar New Year holiday. He left with Coronavirus.

Emergency room nurse Li Ting caught the coronavirus while working on the frontline. Her husband Hai Tang took care of her and documented her battle at home.