Chris Cuomo’s Wife, Cristina, Has Coronavirus Too — CNN Anchor Announces Diagnosis In Interview With His Brother

Cristina Cuomo, the wife of CNN’s anchor Chris Cuomo, has tested positive for COVID-19.

The media sensation is the one who revealed the diagnosis on his Cuomo Prime Time show Wednesday night during an interview with his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Two weeks ago, Chris, 49, shared with the world that he had tested positive for coronavirus, and his colleagues had rushed to support him.

The TV personality explained last night: “‘It’s very rare for a family to be one-and-done. And Cristina now has COVID. She is now positive, and it just breaks my heart. It is the one thing I was hoping wouldn’t happen, and now it has.”

The 50-year-old magazine editor was quite active on social media in the last few weeks, giving fans some updates about her husband and the life of their family while in quarantine. Two days ago, she revealed that her husband was improving, 18 days after the positive test.

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Week Two done of Chris’ Corona. Today is day 18 of a very slow, skittish recovery. He successfully turned the corner away from his severe symptoms and the potential danger of pneumonia, but still feels consistently light-headed, week, fever on, fever off. So to build up his strength, I gave him more good foods, dr. Linda’s herbs + homeopathy, and lots of vitamins necessary for this time + non-toxic quinine (Cinchona Officialis) to combat this oxygen-eating virus. He had a stress-free diet this past week (that isn’t taxing on the liver and doesn’t consume energy) consisting of cooked foods like soups, lentil, chicken, legumes + vegetables. It takes a lot of energy to break down raw foods, especially when you’re sick. Good food is medicine! ??????? For Easter, lots of sun and walking. Lung-expanding breathing exercises 5x a day. ??? Keeping one’s spirits up is paramount; when you have any kind of a virus your will goes down. This is a virus of isolation, so one of the best remedies for any illness is simply ♥️ + humor. Thanks to the friends who have been religious in their efforts to make him smile. Laughter is always the best medicine. ? See full diary week two of his medicine + food + symptoms by clicking the link in my bio above. ? #corona #naturalremedies

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The governor tried to lift his sibling’s spirit up by saying: “It’s very hard for people to quarantine in a home [together] and other people not to get it. In some ways, this was inevitable. Luckily it was Cristina and not one of the kids.”

The politician even told a joke in the middle of all of this: “The good news… Cristina is going to blame you for this, there’s a lot of other things as you know that she can blame you for, so this is going to be number 17 on the list. I know it makes a bad situation worse; it’s all going to be fine.”

Chris was staying in the basement, and his wife was upstairs with their three children before her diagnosis. The anchor said that the kids are helping quite a bit, and the family might come out stronger after this.

He added: “Mom is the core. When mom goes down, you feel it…. They’re more quiet. They’re focused on her, and hopefully, it makes the family stronger.”

People on social media are rooting for the family. One commenter wrote: “I can’t believe this. We’re all wishing a speedy recovery to you and Christina. Hopefully, it’ll be over before you know it! ? Let’s get after it, Chris! ??”

A second follower tried to explain what might have happened for the wife to get the virus, too: “He was in the basement. She could have contracted it when he was a carrier and didn’t know he had it. The incubation period has been as long as 21 days in many cases. So yes, when diagnosed, he socially distanced to his lower level, but nobody knows they have it, and that’s the point.”

After a rant where he had trashed his job at CNN, Chris has walked back the comments.