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MIAMI (WSVN) - Famed singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan revealed on social media she had tested positive for COVID-19 in November.
During a five-minute video posted on her Instagram page, Estefan, 63, said she tested positive for the virus in early November.
“I wear my mask everywhere,” she said. “I went to a restaurant outdoors with some family — three, four of us — everybody was negative, and we wore masks all the way to the table. When we left, the only thing I can imagine happened was that someone came up to me when I was eating and tapped me on the shoulder. They were very close, they had no mask and they were telling me beautiful things, but that’s the only thing that I have done outside of my enclosure here.”
She elaborated that she had mild symptoms, including a mild cough and a loss of smell and taste.
The 63-year-old said she could not taste her food or smell her soap on Nov. 5, prompting her to take a test, which came back positive on Nov. 8.
Estefan then quarantined for two weeks and said she feels very lucky and wanted to share her diagnosis to help others.
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