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CNN’s Chris Cuomo ‘not 100 percent recovered from coronavirus’ 2 months later & says ‘weird stuff going on’ in his lungs
CNN's Chris Cuomo said he is still "not 100 percent" recovered from coronavirus two months later, and said there is still "weird stuff going on" in his lungs.
The host gave an update on how he's feeling during his Tuesday evening segment, .
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The said people who have had "have strange tales to tell, and not a lot of great answers from doctors to weird stuff in their blood work."
"I'm one of them," Cuomo said, speaking to CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
He added that his lungs – one of the organs that can be most – are still not back to normal.
"I still have weird stuff going on with my lungs," Cuomo said.
Overall, though, the host said he is feeling much better than when he was battling coronavirus.
"I'm not back to where I was before I had the virus but I can work.
"I can hang out, I can engage with my family," he added.
The CNN host added, "but I'm not 100 percent."
"There's funky stuff in my bloodwork that doctors say is what they see in people who've had COVID.
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He said it "freaks him out a little bit" but knows that doctors have seen unusual blood work in other patients who have battled the virus.
"So as long as other people have the same kind of funky bloodwork, I'll just keep taking it one day at a time," Cuomo said.
Cuomo also told Gupta that he plans to donate blood plasma.
He said he wants to broadcast the experience so people know about the process.
Doctors have said that .
The CNN host suffered his battle with the deadly virus in late March and early April.
His brother, Gov , .
He suffered severe symptoms, as he revealed in April he .
Cuomo also said he had hallucinations during the extreme days of his illness.
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