For the last few months, Emma Carpenter has been on the front line of the COVID-19 battle in Victoria. Now she is in self-isolation with the virus.
For the last few months, Emma Carpenter has been on the front line of the coronavirus battle in Victoria.Paramedic Emma Carpenter tested positive for COVID-19 after a weekend away camping with four other familiesA paramedic who has been on the job for 15 years, she says she has never experienced anything like the pandemic.It was the Monday after a weekend away camping that she first started to develop symptoms."I just had a sore throat.
Emma's thoughts turned immediately to her husband and kids and then to the four other families they had been away with. Everyone that went on the camping trip, including Emma's immediate family, tested negative and Emma entered her 14-day self-isolation period.
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