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Saints' Sean Payton Discusses Coronavirus After Being Medically Cleared

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New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who was the first person in the NFL with a publicly confirmed COVID-19 case, spoke with Jarrett Bell of USA Today about his experience.

"You fatigue real easy," Payton said. "I'd be up moving around, doing something, then you'd want to lay down again. That lasted three or four days. By the time I got the test results back I had begun feeling better. I had my appetite back."

Per Bell, Payton also had "flu symptoms, chills, aches and for one day, he said, a low-grade fever.