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Hall of Famer Michael Irvin describes his coronavirus battle as ‘three weeks of hell’

Longtime Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin announced on Friday that he had contracted COVID-19 earlier this summer.

His battle with the coronavirus, Irvin said on the Rich Eisen Show, was “three weeks of hell.”

Michael Irvin contracted the coronavirus

Irvin said he became sick in the end of June, though his coronavirus tests came back negative multiple times — something that was extremely frustrating.

“I didn’t know I had it, and then I got real sick — I mean a pounding headache for like four or five days,” Irvin said on the show.