
Ibinalita ni Diva Montelaba na tinamaan siya ng coronavirus at nagpositibo sa COVID-19. Gumaling na raw siya mula sa sakit kaya minabuti niyang gumawa ng vlog upang maghatid ng paalala.
Panimula ni Diva sa kanyang Instagram post, “Yes, I'm a COVID survivor. Finally took courage to relaunch my YouTube channel & for my first vlog, I decided to share my experience to spread awareness and hopefully inspire people. I was very scared to do this but decided to post anyway cause I feel like this is more of an eye-opener and a chance to help other people realize that this is serious & we should take all the safety measures that we can get.”
Ikinuwento at ipinasilip naman niya sa pamamagitan ng kanyang vlog ang kanyang naging karanasan.
Nang mapansin daw ni Diva na nagkasipon siya ay agad siyang kumonsulta sa kanyang kaibigang doktor na si Dr. Alva.
Aniya, “I don't have any other symptoms, sipon lang talaga. Wala akong ubo, wala akong fever, wala akong lahat. But then again, he (Dr. Alva) encouraged me to isolate myself na away from my family.
“I don't want to take the risk of staying at home with my family, knowing that I could be possibly, you know, having the virus already.”
Kusa raw siyang pumasok sa isang hotel na ginagamit bilang quarantine facility at pagkatapos ay nagpa-swab test.
Hindi na napigil ni Diva ang kanyang mga luha nang ibahagi niya ang nakakalungkot na resulta.
Wika niya, “Yes, I tested positive for the coronavirus as an asymptomatic and you know, having no symptoms. I'm still trying to sink it in up until now. I don't know how I feel. I'm pretty sure I'm scared.
“I'm scared because I don't know what will happen tomorrow or… ang daming questions eh 'cause I was super confident na negative ako kasi maingat talaga ako. I don't go out up until super importanteng errands. I'm so careful but then again you still don't know eh kung paano mo siya makukuha.”
Hindi man niya malaman kung paano niya nakuha ang coronavirus, nagpapasalamat pa rin si Diva dahil naagapan niya ito.
Patuloy niya, “I'm a little bit disappointed of myself 'cause I could've been more careful but you know, there's no space for that for now. I'm just grateful kasi ginawa ko agad 'yung protocol. When I felt like I'm not feeling well na, ginawa ko agad is to isolate myself away from my family that you know pwede pang mahawaan.
Kinailangang manatili ni Diva sa quarantine nang dalawang linggo at ginamit din niya ang kanyang pagba-vlog upang malibang habang naka-isolate. Tulad ng ibang COVID-19 patients ay nahirapan siyang makatulog at nakaranas ng anxiety attacks.
Alamin ang kanyang karanasan sa kanyang vlog dito:
Filipino celebrities and politicians who tested positive for COVID-19