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'Tao lang po': Lani Mercado sorry for 'COVID-14' gaffe

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<div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/bongrevillajrph/videos/231844637889008/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado has apologized after mistakenly referring to the disease that caused a global pandemic as &quot;COVID-14&quot;.</p><p>The illness is coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19.</p><p>In a Facebook live video by her husband, Sen. Ramon &quot;Bong&quot; Revilla Jr., for her birthday, Mercado adressed the gaffe.</p><p>“Sa mga natuwa sa aking pagkakamali, ‘labanin ang COVID-14,’ sorry po talaga... Madami talagang iniisip pero sorry po sa mga nagalit, ‘wag na tayong magalit, tapos na ang Mahal na Araw,” Mercado said. </p><p>“Bawal magkamali pala ang alkalde. Tao lang po, pasensya na,” the city mayor added.</p><p>Mercado said she is praying for a cure to be found for the illness.</p><p>&quot;We all pray na sana mahanap na po talaga &#x27;yong lunas ng COVID-19,&quot; Mercado said, while stressing the correct name of the disease.</p><p>Revilla, meanwhile, defended his wife.</p><p>“Alam n’yo sa panahon na ‘to, talagang minsan hindi mo na alam ang gagawin mo para sa mga kababayan mo dahil kahit anong gawin mo, may pula&#x27;t pula pa rin.”</p><p>“Pero ang importante ay gawin mo ano ang dapat para sa kanila. Sabi nga ni mayora, nagkamali siya, COVID-14. Medyo nadulas lang siya no’n, nagkamali, nobody’s perfect. Lahat naman tayo nagkakamali. Napaligaya naman niya ‘yong ibang tao. ‘Yon nga lang, naging katawa-tawa. Pero it’s okay,” he added.</p><p>The city mayor responded to her husband&#x27;s sentiments saying “I’m okay, I’m happy. I&#x27;m not mad. Masaya po ako kahit bina-bash.”</p><p>Her Facebook video that contained the error can still be viewed below:</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/LaniMercadoRevilla/videos/227105238494195/" data-width="auto"> </div><div> </div>

<p>Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado has apologized after mistakenly referring to the disease that caused a global pandemic as "COVID-14".<br /> </p>

Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado has apologized after mistakenly referring to the disease that caused a global pandemic as "COVID-14".