CNN Presenter Richard Quest Contracts Coronavirus

Cable News Network (CNN) presenter, Richard Quest, has contracted COVID-19, according to a statement he released on Monday.

The presenter revealed the development in a tweet on his verified handle where he, however, said he has only a few symptoms of the disease.

According to Quest, he would reserve his prayers and thoughts for those who have harsher symptoms of the COVID-19 as he called on people to stay safe.

“I have caught coronavirus. I am blessed in that I have few symptoms – just a cough,” the tweet read. “I am saving my prayers and thoughts for those less fortunate. Stay in. And protect lives.”

I have caught coronavirus. I am blessed in that I have few symptoms – just a cough. I am saving my prayers and thoughts for those less fortunate. Stay in. And protect lives.

— Richard Quest (@richardquest) April 20, 2020

Already, Chris Cuomo and Brooke Baldwin, both of the CNN, had tested positive for COVID-19.

All of them are based in New York in the US which already has a death rate of 12, 654 from COVID-19.

There are over 40, 000 deaths from the pandemic in the US.