Lesley Stahl reveals on 60 Minutes she was hospitalized for coronavirus

Associated Press

Stahl said at the end of Sunday's 60 Minutes broadcast she was “really scared” after fighting pneumonia caused by the coronavirus for two weeks at home before going to the hospital. “One of the rules of journalism is ‘don’t become part of the story,'” Stahl said. “But instead of covering the pandemic, I was one of the more-than-one-million Americans who did become part of it.” The 78-year-old Stahl is now the dean of 60 Minutes correspondents, having served since March 1991. Stahl said a number of 60 Minutes employees tested positive for coronavirus. One colleague “had almost no symptoms while others had almost every symptom you can imagine,” she said. “Each case is different.” Stahl said when she was discharged from the hospital, she was greeted by a cheering group of medical workers. “Thanks to them, like so many other patients, I am well now,” she said. “Tonight, we all owe them our gratitude, our admiration and, in some cases, our lives.”