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'Gumising ako, hindi na ako makahinga' : Bongbong Marcos recounts fight vs COVID-19

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<p>MANILA - Former Sen. Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that he is &quot;starting to recover&quot; from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quelling rumors that he has died from the global pandemic.</p><p>Marcos described himself as a &quot;COVID survivor,&quot; but did not mention if he has taken mandatory tests to confirm if he has fully recovered from the disease.</p><p>The former senator instead thanked doctors and health workers in his video message, saying he could have died if not for their &quot;good work.&quot;</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/109924549061054/videos/255112415664489/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;I still am one of the lucky ones because of the good work ng ating mga doktor, ng ating mga nurse, ng ating mga med tech dahil nasa high-risk na ako e,&quot; Marcos said.</p><p>The lawmaker said he thinks he caught the virus in Spain, where he and his wife attended a relative&#x27;s wedding.</p><p>&quot;Palagay ko doon ko nakuha. Habang nandoon ako, nalaman namin na ila-lockdown ang Maynila kaya kaming mag-asawa cut short our trip, takbo na kami dito sa Maynila,&quot; he said.</p><p>(I think I got it there. While I was there, we learned that Manila will be placed on a lockdown so my wife and I cut short our trip and flew back to Manila.)</p><p>Doctors advised Marcos to undergo hospital tests, but the former lawmaker decided to go home after seeing that emergency rooms were packed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/20/bongbong-marcos-covid-19-coronavirus-test">&#x27;Unwell&#x27; Bongbong Marcos takes COVID-19 test: Imee</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/20/bongbong-marcos-family-staff-test-negative-for-covid-19">Bongbong Marcos, family, staff take COVID-19 test</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Pumunta ako sa ospital para magpatest e hindi masyadong handa pa yung DOH, hindi pa masyadong handa &#x27;yung nasa ospital. Ang haba pa ng pila, ang daming nag-aantay,&quot; he said.</p><p>(I went to the hospital to undergo some tests but it seems that the DOH and the hospital were not yet prepared. There were also long queues and a lot of people were waiting.)</p><p>&quot;E kako siguro kaya ko pa naman ito so umuwi na lang ako. After a while may naramdaman ako, sabi ko, &#x27;Kaya ko naman gamutin ito, flu lang naman ito,&#x27;&quot; he said.</p><p>(So I thought that I better go home since I could still handle it. After a while, I felt some discomfort, but I told myself that I can cure it at home since it was just a flu.)</p><p>After about a week of nursing COVID-19 symptoms at home, Marcos had to be rushed to the hospital.</p><p>&quot;Gumising ako hindi na talaga ako makahinga. Tinakbo na ako sa emergency room. Binigyan ako ng oxygen. Kung ano-ano ang sinaksak sa&#x27;kin,&quot; he said.</p><p>Marcos said he was not required to be confined at the hospital and was eventually discharged from the emergency room.</p><p>&quot;Hindi naman ako ilalagay sa kuwarto, uwi na ako basta magdala ako ng oxygen at iinumin ko na lang &#x27;yung gamot na bigay sa akin,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Since I was not confined, I went home with an oxygen tank and assured doctors that I would take all the medicine they prescribed.)</p><p>&quot;Mula noon hindi na ako lumabas sa kuwartong ito. Mag-iisang buwan na ako sa kuwartong ito puwera nung pagpunta ko sa ER,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Since then I never left this room. I&#x27;ve been here for nearly a month, except for the time when I was brought to the ER.)</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="617" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBongbongMarcos%2Fphotos%2Fa.178665755520266%2F2804354196284729%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>Marcos urged the government and the public to provide all the requests of medical frontliners because they are the &quot;heroes&quot; of the global pandemic.</p><p>&quot;Alam nila ang risk. May namamatay na nga sa kanila. Talagang hero sila,&quot; he said.</p><p>(They know the risk. Some of them have died. They are the real heroes.)</p><p>&quot;We owe a lot to our frontliners kaya kung ano sabihin satin ng frontliners na pangangailangan nila, dapat ibigay natin,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We owe a lot to our frontliners so whatever they ask from us, we should give it to them.)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I miss this so much! I miss you so much. We&#x27;ll hold hands again soon. Happy Anniversary my dearest Liza! <a href="https://t.co/ClpCxMBBjL">pic.twitter.com/ClpCxMBBjL</a></p>— Bongbong Marcos (@bongbongmarcos) <a href="https://twitter.com/bongbongmarcos/status/1250816470738784256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Marcos ended his video by reminding the public not to underestimate the highly-contagious disease.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m feeling better. I&#x27;m starting to recover [but] I did not realize how bad this COVID was until I got it,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Ayaw na ayaw niyo magkaroon ng sakit na ito kaya mag-ingat kayo. Stay careful, stay safe,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that he is "starting to recover" from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quelling rumors that he has died from the global pandemic.</p>

Former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that he is "starting to recover" from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quelling rumors that he has died from the global pandemic.