Influencer slammed for using connections to get COVID-19 test reveals positive result

US social media influencer and designer Arielle Charnas has revealed she's been diagnosed with COVID-19.

It comes after the Something Navy blogger was criticised for using her connections to get tested for coronavirus.

In a lengthy post, Charnas told her 1.3 million followers about her positive test result and addressed the recent controversy.

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"Like many of you, this pandemic has me on heightened alert and I took what I viewed to be the quick precautions necessary to protect the health and safety of my family and now ultimately the people around me," she said.

Arielle revealed while her husband Brandon is showing symptoms, their daughters Ruby, three, and Esme, one, are not, but they are all isolating until they recover.

The New York City-based mother of two had posted online a video of her drive-through testing, which was dubbed an example of white American "privilege" by popular fashion blog Diet Prada.

"What privilege looks like in the age of Coronavirus," they said alongside a series of images from Charnas's video.

Following Charnas's diagnosis reveal, the blog later updated their post to say: "The issue is still about the flaunting of privilege on social media during a time when so many people who are more at risk are being denied treatment."

Adding: "What's the point of showing/normalising the testing process if it's not available or affordable for so many people?"

According to a Page Six report, the influencer used her personal connection to a local doctor to get tested for both the flu and coronavirus after experiencing a fever, body ache and sore throat.

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