Tuesday July 14, 2020, National Day in a very specific context of the coronavirus epidemic, France Télévisions broadcast the program live # 14JulySet to pay tribute to all those who have helped and are still helping in the fight against the scourge. Several guests were able to testify, notably Mylène Demongeot. The 84-year-old actress says she almost died after being infected with the coronavirus. "I was at what is called two fingers to die. The doctor called my assistant who has been taking care of me for 25 years and said to him 'you know, anyway she is too weak, within forty-eight hours it will descend and it will be over '". Facing her, Julian Bugier asked her: "You were afraid ?" Mylène Demongeot does not hesitate for a moment: "I don't. Because I'm a little bit old. It was the people around me who were devastated".
"I am extremely worried about your fate"
Mylène Demongeot to continue: "When the doctor said to me, 'Dear Madam, I am extremely worried about your fate ', I said to him: 'Me no!' ". Infected last March, the actress known in particular for her role in Camping confided in the columns of everyday life West France : "Everything was fine before this filth of virus came to knock me down. I did not feel very well. Several times I took my temperature and my thermometer was still 36.5 °. I said to myself: 'I'm tired but everything is fine'. In reality, it did not work. Sandra, my home assistant, put her ear in my ear. In reality, I was 40 °! ". After having come close to death and staying in bed for a month, Mylène Demongeot was finally able to return home, still optimistic: "I always told myself that I was going to get out of it, that my time had not yet come".
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