Mayra Ramirez, 28, (L) and Brian Kuhns, 62, (R) are pictured in provided images taken before their battles with COVID-19. (Photo credit: Provided / Northwestern Memorial Hospital) CHICAGO - Two people in Chicago became the first known patients in the U.S.
to receive double-lung transplants due to severe lung damage after contracting COVID-19. One of the patients, 28-year-old Mayra Ramirez, said she was generally healthy but took “extra precautions” when the virus reached Illinois."People need to understand that COVID-19 is real.
What happened to me can happen to you," Ramirez warned.In March, Ramirez said she began doing her paralegal job from home and stayed in quarantine, never even leaving her house.
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