Erap hospitalized, positive for COVID-19: Jinggoy

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/03/29/20190513-halalan-manila-joseph-estrada-gc-0651.jpg"/><figcaption>Former president Joseph Estrada waves to supporters after casting his vote at the P. Burgos Elementary School in Sta. Mesa on May 13, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> - Former president Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada was hospitalized late Sunday and was found positive for COVID-19, his sons said Monday.</p><p>Estrada, 83, was taken to the hospital because he was weakening, former senator Jinggoy Estrada said.</p><p>&quot;Stable po ang kanyang kundisyon at ako po ay humihingi ng inyong mga panalangin sa kanyang agarang paggaling,&quot; Jinggoy said in a statement.</p><p>(He&#x27;s in a stable condition and I ask for your prayers for his immediate recovery.)</p><p>In a tweet Monday afternoon, another son, JV Ejercito, said the former chief executive waited overnight at the emergency room because of the hospital&#x27;s full occupancy.</p><p>&quot;My father was rushed yesterday afternoon, but stayed overnight at the emergency room because no room was available,&quot; Ejercito, also a former senator, said.</p><p>Estrada was admitted only by 11 a.m. </p><p>&quot;Ingat talaga! Hospitals having a hard time, almost full occupancy,&quot; Ejercito added. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hopsitals are really full, my father was rushed yesterday afternoon, but stayed overnight at the emergency room because no room was available.<br/><br/>Luckily by 11am they were able to give him a room already.<br/><br/>Kaya ingat talaga! Hospitals having a hard time, almost full occupancy.</p>— JV Ejercito (@jvejercito) <a href="https://twitter.com/jvejercito/status/1376468943821414402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In an interview on Teleradyo, Ejercito said the family hopes to receive more updates on his father&#x27;s condition within Monday.</p><p>&quot;Hopefully tonight, makakuha kami, kasi &#x27;yung latest na naikuwento ko sa inyo, this morning pa. Hopefully, tonight. And I think the doctors are really focusing on the pneumonia,&quot; he said.</p><p>Ejercito said he is not aware how the former President contracted the virus, but admitted that once in a while, he receives guests.</p><p>Estrada, who is turning 84 next month, served as President from 1998 until 2001. He did not finish his six-year term after he was slapped with allegations of corruption.</p><p>He was convicted of plunder in 2007 and sentenced to life imprisonment. But his successor, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, pardoned him a month later.</p><p>He was Mayor of Manila City from 2013 until 2019.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1486545" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>(UPDATE) Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada was hospitalized late Sunday and was found positive for COVID-19, his sons said Monday.</p>

(UPDATE) Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada was hospitalized late Sunday and was found positive for COVID-19, his sons said Monday.

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