{"id":8349,"date":"2020-03-18T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:08:22","slug":"idris-elba-is-tested-positive-with-covid-19-but-he-is-feeling-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=8349","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba is tested positive with COVID-19, but he is &#8216;feeling OK&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elba revealed on Twitter Monday that he had&nbsp;tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. I feel OK, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus,&#8221; the actor<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/idriselba\/status\/1239617034901524481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;captioned a video announcement.<\/a>&nbsp;&#8220;Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep you updated on how I\u2019m doing &#x1f44a;&#x1f3fe;&#x1f44a;&#x1f3fe; No panic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m feeling OK; I&#8217;m a little tired because I didn&#8217;t sleep much last night. My temperature is fine. I don&#8217;t have a fever,&#8221; Elba said before sharing that he has asthma, which puts him in a higher risk category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/84385536_1099604893721184_3966142478104395776_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8351\" width=\"313\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/84385536_1099604893721184_3966142478104395776_n.jpg 280w, https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/84385536_1099604893721184_3966142478104395776_n-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have a respiratory issue, and I&#8217;ve had asthma all my life, so catching corona was definitely not on my bucket list at all,&#8221; Elba said. &#8220;But even my asthma is OK. I don&#8217;t feel any restriction with my breathing or my lungs. I haven&#8217;t been coughing too much, I generally feel OK. Yes, of course I&#8217;m worried. I&#8217;m worried about having the virus, I&#8217;m worried about having asthma and how that could make things really complicated for me very quickly,&#8221; Elba said. &#8220;I&#8217;m really worried about what&#8217;s going on in the world, if I&#8217;m honest. I&#8217;m worried about how we&#8217;re dealing with it.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elba revealed on Twitter Monday that he had&nbsp;tested positive for coronavirus. &#8220;This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. I feel OK, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus,&#8221; the actor&nbsp;captioned a video announcement.&nbsp;&#8220;Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19301,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions\/19301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}