ORLANDO, Fla. – The director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County believes he may have had coronavirus in January, even though COVID-19 wasn’t officially announced in the state until March 1.
Dr. Raul Pino broke the news during a press conference Wednesday after a question from News 6. He later elaborated and said his symptoms matched COVID-19 symptoms. “I remember losing my sense of taste and smell and I thought that was strange,” Pino said. “At the time I didn’t know that’s one of the early symptoms and then one day, I slept 14 hours.
I don’t sleep more than six, and then I started feeling really lousy. I even said my prayers, I was scared,” he said. [Timeline: The spread of coronavirus in Florida] Pino’s illness is