Website of the YearSerena Williams' anxiety has heightened in the wake of coronavirus.
The tennis star is currently in isolation with her husband Alexis Ohanian and their 2-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia Jr, and she admits she panics every time her daughter coughs.
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Speaking in a string of videos posted to her TikTok account, she shared: "By anxiety, I mean, like, I'm just on edge any time anyone sneezes around me or coughs I get crazy.
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Advertise with NZME."And I don't hang out with anyone. So when I say anyone I mean my daughter ... Olympia coughed, and I got angry. I gave her a side-eye. I gave her that 'angry Serena', and then I got sad. I was like, 'Is she OK? Is there something wrong with my daughter? Like, is there anything I can do?'
"I don't know what to do, so instead of being relaxed, I'm under a ton of stress. I never expected to be relaxed but it is what it is and we'll get through this, we have to. I just wanted to update you on what I was doing."
Meanwhile, Serena previously admitted she will be spending "the next six weeks in solitude" amid the coronavirus.
Revealing her plans, she wrote on social media: "Being a wife. Being a mom. Cooking. Cleaning. Spring cleaning. Face mask. Makeup tutorials. I'll let you know how it goes ... stay safe everyone."
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Meanwhile, in his own post, Alexis revealed he would be having "a lot of extra family time" in the coming weeks.
He shared: "We're all going to have a lot of extra family time at home in these coming weeks. It's going to be hard, but we'll persevere - and as a country, I hope this unites us against a common enemy that doesn't discriminate based on our voting habits. It's not a time to panic, but it is a time to be prudent and responsible - especially because the most vulnerable among us are very much at risk."