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Actress Debi Mazar Is the Latest Celeb to Reveal Coronavirus Diagnosis

The “Entourage” and “Younger” star has a warning for the public.

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By Tracy Connor

Actress Debi Mazar revealed Saturday she tested positive for the new coronavirus and implored people to stay home until the pandemic is under control.

The Brooklyn-based star said on Instagram that on March 15, she woke up with a sore throat, cough, severe body aches, and a 102.4-degree fever.

“I figured maybe I got the flu or... Corona?😬I had had cocktails the evening prior, and smoked a few cigarettes. I figured I had jacked my immune system from having a fun night with friends,” the 55-year-old said.

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She called a doctor friend to see if she could get tested and he told her she didn’t meet the criteria. Two days later, she went to a local urgent care and got swabbed.

“I was sent home and told to quarantine myself until I had results, which would take 3-7 days (in S.Korea it takes two hours),” she wrote. “Well..today is day 5 and I just found out.”

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I have just tested positive for Covid-19.I AM OK! About a month ago my entire home(husband and two teen daughters) got an odd bug- Low grade fever,headaches,sore throat,body aches,ears ringing and a dry cough.It cleared up quickly.Seasonal I thought?but it felt unusual/different... Two weeks later,March 15th,I woke up with all those same symptoms but super intense body aches,and 102.4 fever.I figured maybe I got the flu or..Corona?😬 I had had cocktails the evening prior,and smoked a few cigarettes. I figured I had jacked my immune system from having a fun night with friends.I called a doctor/friend to ask if I could get the Covid-19 test on 3/16.He said NO,I didn’t meet the criteria.I hadn’t recently traveled out of the country&I hadnt been with someone who had actually tested positive.I found this kind of a CRAZY criteria for a NY’er as I had taken the subway,gone to the theater,the grocery store,the pharmacy,hair salon,etc.I was the Mom who was trying to prepare the home and get supplies&bleach wipes,dry goods.extra food etc. Because we have Italian family in Italy and we follow the news closely,my biggest panic was why were they not closing schools in NYC &forbidding movement outside the home without permission,like China and all of Europe? Prospect Park yesterday,i hear was jumpin’! A friend told me that CityMD/Urgent Care in my neighborhood had test kits,which appealed to me as I wanted to stay away from the hospital. I went on 3/17.First I was tested for the flu-which was negative.Then they tested me for Covid-19. I was sent home and told to quarantine myself until I had results,which would take 3-7 days(in S.Korea it takes two hours) Well..today is day 5 and I just found out.Im hoping I’ve been through the worst of it already.Its very “morphy”.One day I feel crappy and the next I’m normal.Today my lungs are heavy,but I’m tough. I can breath,and I’m going to heal here,in my own home!My family is under quarantine for 14 days.They have no symptoms.I think we all had it possibly already?Who knows. Anyhow,stay home people!Protect yourselves&your loved ones.Build up your immune systems.Good Luck&God Bless us all! #alonetogether #physicaldistancing #stayhome

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The actress, who is currently starring in TV Land’s Younger, described the illness as “morphy.”

“One day I feel crappy and the next I’m normal. Today my lungs are heavy, but I’m tough. I can breathe, and I’m going to heal here, in my own home!”

Mazar, who also starred in Entourage, is the latest in a string of celebrities to announce their diagnosis—including Tom Hanks, Idris Elba, and Andy Cohen.

Mazar said she has family in Italy and could not understand why, as the virus spread across New York, the city was not shutting schools or issuing stay-at-home orders earlier.

And now that the city has, she’s concerned people are not following those orders.

“Prospect Park yesterday, i hear was jumpin’!” she said.

“Stay home people!” she added. “Protect yourselves & your loved ones. Build up your immune systems. Good Luck & God Bless us all!”

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