Kris Aquino tests positive for COVID-19

Kris Aquino shared that she tested positive for COVID-19.

On Instagram Stories, the Queen of All Media uploaded a photo of a test kit showing two lines for COVID-19, indicating a positive result.

"I've been sick from the time I got out of the hospital, early Sunday. Kuya Josh on Monday started to cough and squeeze last night. I didn't want him to feel unwelcome and he was wearing his mask so I slept with him," Kris said.

She said that her condition worsened alongside her ongoing treatment, including methotrexate injectable chemotherapy.

"Wednesday, I slept the whole day, that night I asked for the aircon to be lowered. Thursday until Monday night my fever stayed in the 37.8 to 38.9 range. Remember I can only get up to 300 mg of paracetamol for the whole day," she said.

"I was desperate, so I went for 200 diphenhydramine with 200 paracetamol and 1 chewable Children's paracetamol. At 2 AM it gave me the chance to explain why we can ignore that because I'm not swollen."

She also recalled a conversation with designer JC Buendia, who was recently tested for COVID-19 during a hospital stay. It led her to reflect on the difficulty of resting properly amid her condition.

"I said sleeping is a lost luxury because of my never-ending fits of evening coughing," Kris said.

Kris is currently battling nine autoimmune conditions.

She left for the United States in 2022 to seek treatment and returned to the Philippines in 2024. —Carby Rose Basina/MGP, GMA News