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Gelli de Belen reveals she and husband Ariel Rivera had COVID-19

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<p>In her latest Just Gelli vlog, actress Gelli de Belen spent an afternoon with her sister Janice de Belen and their good friends Carmina Villaroel and Candy Pangilinan.</p><p>During their meal, the Unloving U actress shared what she and her husband Ariel Rivera went through after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus last February. Gelli said they got the virus when her husband was exposed to his friend who tested positive. The couple exhibited almost all the symptoms associated with the virus except diarrhea according to Gelli.</p><p>&quot;<em>Si Ariel nagkaroon siya ng sipon. Naglilinis kami ng bahay, parang feeling namin allergy, allergy, dust, dust lang. Hindi naman pala. Tapos parang yung sipon niya, nahawa ako agad. Tapos wala lang, feeling namin may sipon, flu. Tapos, nagsabi &#x27;yung kaibigan niya na mayroon siya. So, si Ariel, &#x27;Oh, my God, baka pati ako?&#x27; Eh, magte-taping siya the next week. Nag-COVID test siya, positive siya. So noong nag-positive siya, parang 99% sure, ang general consensus, siguradong mayroon din ako. And after a couple of days, I decided to still get myself checked. Of course, obviously, positive ako. I had all the symptoms</em>.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/2/7/fresh-scoops/gelli-de-belen-works-with-husband-ariel-rivera-in-191566" target="_blank"><u><strong>READ: Gelli de Belen works with husband Ariel Rivera in new series ‘Unloving U’</strong></u></a></div><p>Despite going through all the symptoms, Gelli admits she did not have a hard time breathing throughout their whole ordeal. She also shared that she took paracetamol to help with her symptoms.</p><p>“<em>Ang pinakanakakatakot sa lahat, wala akong panlasa, wala akong pang-amoy. So I had all the symptoms tapos ang sama ng pakiramdam ko. Alam mo yung pakiramdam na nag-treadmill ka ng apat na oras, nag-weights ka ng dalawang oras? Tapos the next day, yun ang pakiramdam mo, exhausted, ang bigat, ang sakit sa katawan talaga</em>,&quot; she recalled.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2019/2/1/fresh-scoops/gelli-de-belen-and-ariel-rivera-share-the-secret-o-201641" target="_blank"><u><strong>READ: Gelli De Belen and Ariel Rivera share the secret of their 26-year relationship</strong></u></a></div><p>Gelli said she was sick for almost two weeks before the symptoms started to subside. But she was thankful that she had her husband of 28 years beside her throughout the whole experience.</p><p>“<em>There would be days na akala ko okay na ako. Mamaya pag tinayo ko uupo ako tapos mahihilo. Hilo tapos ang bigat ulit. Sabay kami sa pinagdaanan namin. I actually tried to make light of whatever I&#x27;m feeling and siya rin, para hindi mag-worry ang isa&#x27;t-isa. Pero sa totoo lang, talagang yung feeling mo, delubyo na ito, yung ganun. Pero ang maganda lang sa akin, suwerte ko lang kasi sabay kami ni Ariel. For other people, wala talaga, mag-isa lang sila. &quot;Yong worry na &#x27;yan, okay lang na dalawang araw, tatlong araw, isang linggo. Pero kapag umabot ka na ng 15 days, parang teka muna, nakakabaliw pala &#x27;yon,</em>” she explained.</p><p>Watch the vlog here: </p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="444" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LjPWiKOatLs" title="YouTube video player" width="790"></iframe></div><p>Gelli said that Ariel took longer to fully recover from the virus.</p><p>“<em>Nagkaroon kasi siya ng cough, medyo nahirapan siyang mag-recover. And there would be times na hindi niya lang ipinapakita sa akin, pero talagang gusto na niyang, &#x27;Halika na, pumunta na tayo sa hospital.&#x27; Pero kinakaya pa rin niya talaga. “There was one time, nasa banyo siya naliligo, he had to sit on the floor. Kasi hinihingal siya at saka parang nahihirapan siyang huminga, may ganun. So kung kami ganoon, what more yung mga nasa ospital? Sobra. Totoo ito. Totoo itong pinagdadaanan ng lahat,</em>” she added.</p>

Gelli de Belen shares her two-week journey as a COVID-19 positive patient along with her husband Ariel Rivera. 