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eNCA (DStv 403) financial reporter Heidi Giokos has tested positive for Covid-19.
Heidi received her results days after her colleague Shahan Ramkissoon tested positive.
On Tuesday, Heidi welcomed Shahan back on the air, as both journalists broadcast from the homes.
I wanted my niece to join me in saying whoop whoop that @ShahanR is back on air but I had to try keep it professional 😂😂💃🏻✨ pic.twitter.com/p07K52PEgs
— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) June 30, 2020
She said that she is speaking out because she wants to help break the social stigma around Covid-19 testing.
“I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I’ve only had mild symptoms, but I’m OK, and I know I will overcome this. My priority remains to keep my family safe,” Heidi Giokos said on Thursday. “I wanted to speak out because for some reason there’s a stigma and despite my constant efforts to wash hands, sanitise everything, wear a mask, I realise that many of us are exposed to people, will take on that risk,” she tweeted.
Heidi is the latest eNCA journalist cloistered at home because of Covid-19 after Shahan Ramkissoon and other eMedia staffers tested positive for the virus at the eNCA Hyde Park office.
On Saturday eNuus broadcast a pre-recorded episode after the newsroom shut down for a deep-clean because of a Covid-19 case.
I’ve tested positive for #COVID19
I’ve only had mild symptoms but I’m ok and I know I will overcome this. My priority remains to keep my family safe!— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) July 2, 2020
I wanted to speak out because for some reason there’s a stigma and despite my constant efforts to wash hands, sanitize (everything), wear a mask, I realise that many of us work or are exposed to people, will take on that risk.
— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) July 2, 2020
Stay safe everyone, as we head into the eye of the storm it’s more important now than ever to protect people around us. ✨🙏🏼
— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) July 2, 2020
