The mayor of Belleville, New Jersey, Michael Melham said he has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, adding that he contracted the novel coronavirus in November, over two months before the first confirmed case was reported in the U.S.
Melham said he was feeling sick while he was in Atlantic City attending the New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference in November, according to local media N.J.com.
"I was definitely feeling sick when I was there, and fought my way through it," he told NJ Advance Media last week. After returning home, Melham said a doctor diagnosed his symptoms — including a high fever, chills, hallucinations and a sore throat that ended up lasting for three weeks — as a bad case of the flu.
He went to test his blood for COVID-19 antibodies — and got a positive finding on Wednesday, and announced this result one day later, saying that the "bad flu" he had last year could've been the novel coronavirus.
"My fear is that there are many who dismissed a potentially positive coronavirus diagnosis as a bad flu," the mayor said in his statement.
The state health department and spokesperson for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy haven't commented on the mayor's statement.
新泽西州贝尔维尔市市长迈克尔·梅勒姆（Michael Melham）说，他已检测出冠状病毒抗体呈阳性反应，并补充说，他在11月感染了新型冠状病毒，距离美国首次确诊病例的报道已有两个多月。
梅勒姆（Melham）说，据当地媒体N.J.com称，他在大西洋城参加11月的新泽西市政联盟会议时感到不适。
他上周对《新泽西州前进媒体》（NJ Advance Media）表示：“到那里时，我肯定感到不舒服，并为此奋斗了。”回到家后，梅勒姆说，医生诊断出自己的症状，包括高烧，发冷，幻觉和喉咙痛，持续了三个星期，这是流感的严重病例。
他去化验血液中的COVID-19抗体-并在周三获得了阳性结果，并在一天后宣布这一结果，并说他去年患的“严重流感”可能是新颖的冠状病毒。
市长在声明中说：“我担心的是，有许多人认为冠状病毒可能呈阳性反应是一种严重的流感。”
州卫生部门和新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲的发言人没有对市长的讲话发表评论。
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