Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Lieutenant Recounts COVID-19 Experience

MDFR Lieutenant Raul Perez and his COVID-19 experience
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The Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue (MDFR) Training Division and Robert Hernandez produced a video about one of the agency’s officers and his experience battling COVID-19.

Lieutenant Raul Perez tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized due to complications. Now, he’s back on-duty and sharing his struggles during his road to recovery from the virus.

As of August 17, 2020, 283 department employees had tested PCR positive for the virus.

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