THEY ARE TAKING EXTRA STEPS TO
LIMIT THE RISK, OF MORE CASES.
WELSHING NOT ALL NEWS
AROUND COVID-19 IS GRIM.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEATEN THE
VIRUS INCLUDING A NURSE FROM
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL IN CENTER CITY.
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER
MATT PETRILLO HAS HER STORY OF
HOPE.
REPORTER: NO DOUBT BIT,
JENNIFER GILL'S A FIGHTER, BUT
SHE TELLS ME OVERCOMING THE
VIRUS WASN'T EASY.
I WAS NERVOUS.
REPORTER: FOR A FEW WEEKS
JENNIFER GILL, EMERGENCY ROOM
NURSE AT TESTIMONY AS
JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
IN CENTER CITY FOUND HERSELF
GIVING EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD
TO SURVIVE, COVID-19.
THERE WASN'T A DAY THAT
PASSED BY I THAT I DIDN'T
THINK I COULD POSSIBLY LOSE MY
LIFE LIFE.
REPORTER: SHE WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST PEOPLE IN
PHILADELPHIA DIAGNOSIS WITH
THE VIRUS.
SHE'S NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW SHE
GOT IT BUT SAYS HER SYMPTOMS
WERE ONLY MILD.
IT STARTED WITH A HEADACHE,
BOD A ACHES, FEVERS.
REPORTER: NO AUDIO.
AND BACK TO WORK ON THE
FRONT LINES IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT AT JEFF, AND
HELPING PEOPLE, WITH THE SAME
VIRUS THAT SHE BATTLED.
I WAS SO THANK FULL TO HAVE
MY HEALTH, TO HAVE GONE
THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH
BUT TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO
GO BACK AND CONTINUE TO WORK
AT A JOB I LOVE AND MEANT TO
DO AND ABLE TO PROVIDE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE NOW.
REPORTER: SHE'S NOT ONLY
PERSON ON THE FRONT LINES WHO
OVER CAME THIS VIRUS.
I ALSO TALK TO A PHILADELPHIA
POLICE OFFICER, HEAR THAT
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW COMING UP
