Australian golf legend Greg Norman has spent Christmas Day in a US hospital after being informed by his physician to self-isolate, having proven signs of COVID-19.
Key factors:
- Norman initially examined adverse to COVID-19 in Florida
- He was informed by his physician to self-isolate after displaying signs
- The 65-year-old says being sick over Christmas is an “ugly place to be”
Norman posted {a photograph} on social media from a hospital mattress, sporting a black masks.
He additionally shared photographs of medical employees round him, in full private protecting tools.
“I really feel very flu-like,” Norman stated in an earlier video on his Instagram account.
“I’ve a light fever, I’ve a cough, I’ve aches and pains, I’ve a light headache, so I’m in self-quarantine.
“Ugly place to be … however I simply don’t need to jeopardise [anyone], affecting any of my household or buddies and family members round me.”
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Having initially self-quarantined at dwelling, the situation of the two-time main champion appeared to have deteriorated on Christmas Day.
“On behalf of thousands and thousands, f*** CoVid,” he wrote.
“[Let’s] get this s*** behind us by no means to expertise it once more.”
His son, Greg Norman Jr, additionally posted to social media that he and his spouse, Michelle, had examined optimistic to coronavirus.
“Such an odd virus, I barely felt a factor and Michelle acquired hit exhausting by it … Michelle is extremely wholesome and very match,” Norman Jr wrote in an Instagram submit.
“We each really feel we went above and past on protocols to keep away from the virus.”
Norman has been primarily based within the US for the reason that Nineteen Eighties and lives at Hobe Sound in Florida.
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Florida is the fourth-worst affected US state when it comes to the pandemic, with greater than 20,000 coronavirus deaths and over 1 million infections.
Earlier within the week, Norman stated he had returned a adverse take a look at, earlier than a phone name from his physician raised the alarm bells of coronavirus.
“Regardless that I had a take a look at on Tuesday, and the end result got here again yesterday, which was adverse, I’m exhibiting delicate signs of probably COVID,” he stated in his earlier video.
A former world primary golfer, Norman gained the 1986 and 1993 British Opens, amongst 88 skilled victories.