ESPN’s sports reporter Doris Burke has tested positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
Burke, 54, covers many of ESPN’s live basketball broadcasts including the NBA and WNBA playoffs. She has been with the network since 1991.
While chatting on Adrian Wojnarowski‘s podcast, Burke revealed she was tested because she has struggled with health problems recently.
Burke warned people to take the virus seriously and to comply with social distancing recommendations.
Burke is the highest profile NBA sports personality to be diagnosed with the disease. She joins 2 unidentified Laker players, as well as Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood, Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart, and 3 unidentified Nets players.
The NBA canceled its season after Gobert, 27, was the first player to test positive. All of the players have since recovered from the virus.
Covid-19 causes no symptoms or mild flu-like symptoms in healthy adults who don’t smoke.
