Some of Long Island's first coronavirus patients — including Ricardo Ramirez, of Rockville Centre, and Miguel Chamaidan, of Uninodale, who was Long Island's first coronavirus patient — spoke about their experiences contracting the virus and what it is like to be a COVID-19 survivor. Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa Loarca; Debbie Egan-Chin/Alejandra Villa Loarca; Debbie Egan-Chin

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