Singer Gloria Estefan reveals her recovery from COVID-19
Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan is emerging from isolation ater testing positive for COVID-19, days ater dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant
Singer and businesswoman Gloria Estefan said on Wednesday that she spent much of November in isolation ater testing positive for COVID-19, days ater dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant.
Estefan, 63, says she was fortunate, enduring only “a litle bit of a cough” and dehydration ater losing her sense of smell and taste, and has tested negative twice since recovering.
In a video shared on Instagram, the Cubanborn “Conga” singer says she was infected despite rigorously following public health protocols, and speculates that she could have been exposed by a fan who was not wearing a mask. The fan tapped on her shoulder and got very close to talk to her as she was dining with three family members, Estefan said.
“I was very lucky, but I just wanted to share with you that I was in quarantine, and one day I went out and met with one person who was not wearing a mask. I even held my breath through their talk, but something must have happened there,” she said.
Estefan said she learned she had been infected ater losing her sense of taste in early November, and then spent two weeks in total isolation on the second floor of her home. She credits vitamins — and possibly a low viral load from whomever infected her — for her ability to avoid the disease’s worst impacts.
“Fear was my biggest problem,” Estefan said. “We’ve got to grab fear and shake it and just do whatever you can to keep your immune system as healthy as you can.”
Estefan, a Grammy-winning singer, has multiple business interests in South Florida, which has been heavily impacted by the pandemic. With her husband Emilio Estefan, she owns Cuban-themed restaurants, a Miami Beach hotel and a stake in the Miami Dolphins.
“I know we are kind of in a very big spike in Miami. It’s tough here now,” she said in her video. “Please everybody wear your masks, try to stay 6 feet away and protect yourselves.”
Florida’s health officials on Wednesday reported nearly 10,000 new confirmed virus cases and 96 new deaths, raising the death toll to more than 19,000. The state on Tuesday surpassed 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, joining Texas and California in reaching that milestone. The caseload increases over the past couple of weeks in Florida are the highest since early August when the state was recovering from a summer surge of the virus. About 4,200 patients were hospitalised on Wednesday with COVID-19.
With worldwide sales of over 100 million records during her legendary career, Gloria Estefan has garnered 38 #1 Hits on the Billboard charts. She is a seven-time Grammy award-winning singer, actress, songwriter, author of two New York Times best-selling childrens books, philanthropist and humanitarian. she is considered one of the worlds most recognisable and beloved performers and one of the most successful crossover artists in Latin music history. Emilio and Gloria Estefan were the first couple to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.