Los Angeles Rams' Brian Allen has tested positive for coronavirus, but expects to be given the all-clear soon. The 24-year-old is the first active member of the NFL to contract the virus as the sport went into lockdown.
Allen revealed he had received the diagnosis about three weeks ago. "I woke up three weeks ago and I couldn't smell anything," he was quoted as saying. "I lost all sense of smell." Among his symptoms, Fox Sports reports that Allen could not taste anything either.
That came before being hit with the flu, a signifier that he had been carrying the disease that has debilitated the planet. As well as that, he was hit by fatigue, a sore throat, headaches and stiffness.