Jasmine Virola


Jasmine Virola

Collection: 
Voces of a Pandemic

Date of Birth: 
May 3, 2020

Place of Birth: 
Brooklyn

NY


Interviewed By: 
Ramón Rodriguez

Date of Interview: 
August 3, 2020

Place of Interview: 
New York City

NY



By: Voces Staff

Jasmine lives in New York City and is employed in the emergency department of a Hospital. She and her husband both contracted COVID-19 in March, and while Jasmine recovered quickly, her husband Freddie became very ill and had to be hospitalized. Freddie was on ventilation for two months receiving treatment for covid. His stay was tumultuous, and much of the hospital staff did not think that he was likely to survive. Seemingly by a miracle he was able to be removed from ventilation over Memorial Day weekend, and began recovering first in a rehabilitation center and then at home.