ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos revealed he no longer has the coronavirus and plans to donate his blood plasma in the “coming weeks.”
Stephanopoulos, 59, announced his diagnosis last week, nearly two weeks after his wife, bestselling author Ali Wentworth, shared that she had contracted the virus.
“Good news for me and my family. Last week I tested positive for Covid antibodies, confirming I cleared the virus after weeks without symptoms,” he tweeted Tuesday morning. “I’ve also signed up for a clinical trial to donate my blood plasma and expect to make the donation in the coming weeks.”
Good news for me and my family. Last week I tested positive for Covid antibodies, confirming I cleared the virus after weeks without symptoms. I’ve also signed up for a clinical trial to donate my blood plasma and expect to make the donation in the coming weeks
— GeorgeStephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) April 21, 2020
The Good Morning America anchor’s announcement came a day after he was seen walking about in East Hampton, New York, without a mask, according to the New York Post.
“For somebody who reports on the pandemic every day, and is broadcasting guidelines about safe social distancing, George didn’t really seem to care,” a witness told the outlet. “He was on his own, walking through the lanes and past East Hampton Guild Hall, on his cellphone the whole time, yakking with his mask around his neck. He tested positive, his wife tested positive. Why can’t he follow the local mandates to wear a mask in public? Why can’t he just stay home?”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said over the weekend that the state plans to ramp up antibody testing, which can reveal whether a person was previously infected with the coronavirus, giving states “true snapshot of what we’re really dealing with.” Last month, the FDA also began allowing a new experimental treatment with donated plasma for COVID-19 in “seriously ill” patients.
