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‘If It Could Happen To Me, It Could Happen To You’: Baltimore County Woman On Coronavirus

A Catonsville woman shares about her experience coming down with the new coronavirus.

"If it could happen to me, it could happen to you or your sister, your grandmother, your best friend,” Karen Fernandez, 43, said.
"If it could happen to me, it could happen to you or your sister, your grandmother, your best friend,” Karen Fernandez, 43, said. (WJZ)

CATONSVILLE, MD — A Baltimore County woman is recovering from testing positive last week for COVID-19. Karen Fernandez, 43, of Catonsville, said she first experienced symptoms around March 11.

"I had this weird feeling in my chest—there was like a tightness in my chest. It felt like something was brewing," Fernandez said. "I know something was respiratory-wise was about to happen." She said she began teleworking for her marketing job the next day. Fevers and headaches followed and her doctor ordered a COVID-19 test.

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