By:
Ranjini K
January 19 2022
A Channel 9 reporter, Carlos Ferrara, suffered a heat stroke while reporting outside a COVID-19 testing center in Argentina.
A Channel 9 reporter, Carlos Ferrara, suffered a heat stroke while reporting outside a COVID-19 testing center in Argentina. A Twitter user called @SandraMeireles2 captioned an incident of a reporter collapsing due to a heat stroke incorrectly as an aftereffect of the COVID-19 vaccine. The user has, on multiple occasions, tweeted posts supporting the anti-vax narrative. Similarly, another anti-vax account called @flatearthaddict captioned the video to insinuate that the reporter was masked and fully vaccinated when he collapsed.
Carlos Ferrara, a Channel 9 reporter, fell facedown due to a heatstroke while reporting live in front of the COVID-19 testing center on January 13, 2022, in the Teatro Colon area of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. The video of this incident went viral where Ferrara can be seen reporting and then collapsing suddenly.
La Nación, an Argentine daily, reported that the reporter was shifted to Ramos Mejía Hospital in the Federal Capital. Ferrara was treated for dehydration and later transferred to Los Arcos Sanatorium, Palermo, where he was diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes. He was discharged later.
Earlier this month, Argentina witnessed record-high temperatures as a historic heatwave swept across parts of South America, with some towns and cities of the country heating up to 45°C (113°F), according to Argentina's weather service.