Western New Yorker with Coronavirus speaks with 7 Eyewitness News

Western New Yorker with Coronavirus speaks with 7 Eyewitness News

An Elma woman who tested positive for COVID-19 says her symptoms began with a mild congestion and sore throat.

TONIGHT -- FOR THEFIRST TIME -- WE AREHEARING FROM AWOMAN WHO SAYSSHE HAS THECORONAVIRUS.HANNAH BUEHLERTALKED TO HER ABOUTHER SYMPTOMS -- HERTIME IN ISOLATION --AND THE MESSAGESHE HAS FOR PEOPLEWHO DO NOT THINKTHEY ARE SICK.SOT:00:03:34-3IT JUST STARTED AS AMILD CONGESTION ANDA MILD SORE THROATTHIS ELMA WOMANWASN'T SURPRISED TOHAVE ALLERGY LIKECOMMON COLDSYMPTOMS AFTER SHETOOK A FLIGHT FROMJFK TO BUFFALO LASTWEDNESDAY NIGHT..SOT: 00:03:51-57THAT TENDS TOHAPPEN WHEN I FLYFROM JFK TO BUFFALBUT IT WASN'TALLERGIES FOR THE23-YEAR-OLD..SHE SAYS AS THEDAYS PROGRESSEDHER SYMPTOMS GOTWORSE..SOT: 00:04:10-00:04:27I STARTED TO HAVE ANUPSET STOMACH, I HADA HEADACHE,SHORTNESS OFBREATH, ANDEVERYTHINGPROGRESSED FRIDAYINTO SATURDAYTHE WOMANWHOSPOKE TO US ON THECONDITION OFANONYMITYSAID SHE TOOK HERTEMPERATURE WHICHWAS 99.4FRIDAY NIGHTANDCALLED THE ERIECOUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT WHOTOLD HER ..SOT:00:07:28-7:40SAID THAT'S NOT THEFEVER THAT THESECASES AREEXPERIENCING SO ITWASN'T AS MUCH ONTHEIR RADARBUT SHE SAYS SHEPRESSED ONAND SATURDAY WASGIVEN THE CHANCE TOTAKE A COVID-19 TESTWITH ERIE COUNTY24 HOURS LATERSOT: 00:08:22-28IT CAME BACKPOSITIVETHIS WOMAN SAYSSHE WAS ONE OF THEFIRST POSITIVECOVID-19 CASES THECOUNTY ANNOUNCEDMONDAY...WHILE THE COUNTYADDED TWOLOCATIONS SHE HADBEENWHICH WASTHE ALDI ON TRANSITROAD IN DEPEWMARCH 12 AT 6:30 P.M.AND THE RITE AID ONNORTH BUFFALOROAD IN ORCHARDPARK MARCH 13 FROM7-8PMTHEY DID NOTINCLUDE HER FLIGHTFROM JFK TO BUFFALOWEDNESDAY NIGHT.SHE SAYS SHE WASON DELTA FLIGHT 5338FROM JFK TO BUFFALOBETWEEN 10:16 PMAND 11:55 PMWE ASKED THECOUNTY ABOUT THISAND IN A STATEMENTTHE HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAID:"WE'RE CONTINUINGOUR DISEASEINVESTIGATIONPROCESS WITH ALLPOSITIVE CASES.

THISIS AN ONGOINGPROJECT AND WE WILLCONTINUE TORELEASEINFORMATION AS IT ISUNCOVERED."SHE'S BEEN INQUARINTINE ANDISOLATED SINCESATURDAYAND SAYS THIS IS ASERIOUS VIRUS WITHSERIOUS AFFECTS.SOT: 00:09:28-40THERE ARE PROBABLYPEOPLE WALKINGAROUND THAT IF WEWERE TESTED WEWOULD BE POSITIVEFOR THIS VIRUSSOT: 00:09:50-10:18WE'RE JUST SO USEDTO RUNNING RAGGEDEVERYDAY THAT ITJUST FALLSUNDERNEATH OURPERSONAL RADARSAND SO I THINK WHERETHE SELFQUARANTINING COMESIN AND THAT'S WHEREWE CAN DO OUR PART.AS SOON AS I GOTTHOSE SYMPTOMS IDIDN'T GO OUT I DIDN'TGO ANYWHERE ISTAYED HOME."STANDUP:THE WOMAN SAYSSHE'S FEELINGBETTER AND HERSYMPTOMS HAVEMOSTLY SUBSIDED.BUT SAYS SHE WILLREMAIN IN ISOLATIONFOR 10 MORE DAYS.AND WILL HAVE TO BETESTED AGAIN ATLEAST TWICE ..HER BIGGESTMESSAGE TOOTHERSDON'T PUTOTHERS AT RISKBY EXPOSINGYOURSELF..LISTEN TO YOUR BODYAND ALL THEWARNINGSTHE FIRST COVID-