{"id":14179,"date":"2020-04-22T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:34:15","slug":"mcdonald-says-she-feels-lucky-to-have-recovered-from-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179","title":{"rendered":"McDonald Says She Feels &#8216;Lucky&#8217; to Have Recovered From Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.51418706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.51418706.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.51418706-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Sinn F\u00e9in leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she feels lucky to have recovered from coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The party president received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 after being tested on March 28.<\/p>\n<p>She experienced weeks of being \u201cvery unwell\u201d, adding she had a setback to her recovery when she developed pleurisy.<\/p>\n<p>She told BBC Radio Ulster\u2019s Talkback program: \u201cI feel very well, I feel strong and I feel extremely, extremely lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms McDonald said it was a horrible virus and nobody wanted to catch it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is like your whole system has been invaded, and it is upsetting that it had come into the house and had come under my roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said she felt grateful now to be able to wake up in the morning and feel well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14179\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14179\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14179\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14179\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she feels lucky to have recovered from coronavirus. 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