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Eman El Assy: I Had Contracted Coronavirus


Wed 10 Jun 2020 | 09:38 AM
Yara Sameh

Egyptian actress Eman El Assy said Tuesday that she has recovered from the coronavirus. The actress posted a video of herself on Instagram, detailing her painful journey with the pandemic.

She titled her post under "My experience with Coronavirus" and hashtagged it with #coronavirus_isn't_blemish #The_cured _isn't_an outcast #Illness_isn't_blemish.

El Assy stated that she discovered her infection on the day of the Eid holiday, after testing for the virus at a center affiliated to Egypt's Ministry of Health, which came out as positive.

She pointed out that as soon as she became aware of her infection, she notified everyone she came in contact with and isolated herself from her daughter and family.

Eman El Assy and her daughter

El Assy revealed that she self-isolated herself and underwent the treatment protocol until the disease period passed, followed by another three tests, which tested negative, but despite that, she underwent another week in isolation and then, performed another one on May 29, which came out as negative.

The actress pointed out that she contacted her daughter through video calls, which made them cry, as it was very difficult.

"The most difficult thing during my experience, perhaps was, being separated from my daughter, who did not understand the matter at the beginning, and so she went through a difficult psychological state," she noted.

El Assy continued: "In the end, I asked that everyone to have mercy on infected people because they are going through difficult psychological conditions, once they learn about their infection, and pressuring them, makes it difficult for them to recover."

She pointed out that the cured person can be beneficial and not an outcast because he can provide psychological support to other patients or donate plasma to help treat patients.

The actress also thanked everyone who helped her to pass this difficult experience.

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The novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide. It also hit several celebrities and top political figures around the world.

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

Coronavirus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.

The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.

Eman El Assy

Eman El Assy: On focus 

It is worth mentioning that El Assy, born on August 28, 1985 is a Business Administration graduate.

She entered the entertainment industry by sheer coincidence when she took part in a photo session that ended with the photographer’s admiring one of her photos.

The photographer asked her permission to publish it in a female magazine, to which she agreed.

It was later published as the magazine cover that was seen by renowned director Khaled Bahgat, who nominated her for a role in TV series “Ams la yamoot” co-starring Raghda and Ryad Al Kholy.

She was nominated based on her resemblance to Raghda, who she played her daughter.

Eman El Assy

Later on, El Assy was nominated by director Haitham Hakky for TV series “Ragol w emraatan” co-starring with Samira Ahmed, then took part in TV series “Ahlam fel Bawaba”, playing Dalal Abd El Aziz and Farouk El Fishawy’s daughter.

She also took part in TV series “Daawt Farah” co-starring once again with Samira Ahmed.

Her golden opportunity came when director Rabab Hussien nominated her to co-star with renowned actor Nour El Sherif in hit TV series “Hadret El Motaham Abby”.

El Assy is known for her roles in “Bekhat el Eid” (2019), “Lams Aktaf” (2019), “Harb Karmooz” (2018), “Alhisab yajmae” (2017), “Amrad Nesaa”(2014) , “Hamaty Bet-hebbeny” (2014), “El Horoub” (2012), “Maklab Haramiya” (2009), “Al- Adhm” (2009), “Masgoun Tranzit” (2008), and “Hadret El Motaham Abby” (2006).

El Assy latest artistic work is TV series “bekhat el eid” (Handwritten).

It also stars Ahmed Rizk, Sawsan Badr, Myrna Nour El Din, Khaled Kamal, Mohamed Hatem, Asmaa Galal, Mohamed Mahmoud, Safaa Galal, Racha Ben Maaouia, Yasser Ali Maher, Nahed Roshdy, among others.

The TV series is written by Mohamed Saeid Abdalla and directed by Shereen Adel.