“Ako po si Lani Mercado Revillla na nagsasabi po sa ating lahat, sama-sama tulong-tulong laban po sa COVID-14. Tayo po ay magbayanihan. We heal as one. Maraming maraming salamt po sa inyo. Manatili po kayo sa inyong tahanan. Manalangin po tayo sa ating tahanan.”
This speech by actress-turned politician Lani Mercado on her Facebook live feed went viral on all social media platforms for her mistakenly calling the disease as COVID-14 instead of COVID-19.
The COVID 14 phrase landed on top list trend on Twitter with over 36,000 tweets. You may watch the viral incident at the 13:10 mark of the video.
https://www.facebook.com/LaniMercadoRevilla/videos/227105238494195/
Lani Mercado is married to actor and Senator Bong Revilla and is currently serving as Mayor of Bacoor, Cavite.
Netizens reacted to the blunder.
https://twitter.com/PinoyAkoBlog/status/1247716400866758660?fbclid=IwAR2pZymT0yqc-WYGLzY-kc7lRc7Zb2zrEiZG9yOYdUBUZ2q5Bgh0s0WPu-E
"COVID14" daw sabi ni Lani Mercado bye guyth.
— Rod Magaru (@rodmagaru) April 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/BiggieXXL69/status/1247748477846564864?fbclid=IwAR1aZ1lURFoHib2-Df1i0bo99rvgmsS4R9BDj2sZm5tta1Q8aBJvAl8W-3g
https://twitter.com/andy_crush/status/1247746843892580352?fbclid=IwAR3keZq3Q4ev6TNB2eqJDh34WZ6L0_3SJoJIX6cXuOBeWZYt_BGNZcBkRi4
https://twitter.com/mor1019chacha/status/1247734255037190145?fbclid=IwAR1THJhQlTbzgeHSQZRisRKLTK1Xv7agu0HWAmIR_VhSDAx8AmiQ1ebLuWs
Hala! May bagong type ng Corona Virus??? pic.twitter.com/ckopYLioBj
— ricci (@ricci_richy) April 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/tonyocruz/status/1247769907145527297?fbclid=IwAR1THJhQlTbzgeHSQZRisRKLTK1Xv7agu0HWAmIR_VhSDAx8AmiQ1ebLuWs
