Watch: Rosie Perez talks to Trevor Noah about her coronavirus battle

Rosie Perez appeared on Tuesday’s The Each day Present With Trevor Noah and mentioned her battle with COVID-19 in November 2019.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first recorded in Wuhan, China in December. Whereas latest research recommend the coronavirus didn’t attain the U.S. till December, Perez was in Bangkok, Thailand, when she contracted the virus virtually a month prior.

“Hit me like a ton of bricks,” recalled Perez. “I used to be feverish, had a horrible cough. It felt like somebody was stepping on my chest, I used to be very torpid and scared.”

Perez was submitting The Flight Attendant when she acquired sick. Kaley Cuoco, who’s the lead within the sequence, posted an image of Perez on Instagram simply after she began experiencing signs.

Perez stated she was extraordinarily sick however didn’t realise how unhealthy issues have been till she visited a hospital.

“It was like a film,” she stated. “I imply, they took my vitals within the ready room after which swiftly all these individuals got here with all of the PPE and rushed me in.”

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Perez was handled and launched. She stated her interactions along with her physician in Thailand is what drove her to be so concerned in selling using masks in New York.

Rosie Perez appeared with Chris Rock and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo throughout his covid-19 press convention to push masks use on Might 28, 2020. (mpi43/MediaPunch /IPX)

“I used to be capable of lastly depart the emergency room,” stated Perez, “And I keep in mind her final phrases to me was, ‘By no means go outdoors, by no means stand in entrance of one other particular person with out a masks. You are not solely defending your self however you are defending others.

“That is why I’ve my masks on with you as a result of I do not need you to make me sick and what you have got could be very, very critical.’ I stated, ‘What is the identify?’ She says, ‘Effectively, we do not know but.’”

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