“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.
Lani Mercado is married to actor and Senator Bong Revilla and is currently serving as Mayor of Bacoor, Cavite.
Netizens reacted to the blunder.
Huhuhu bakit umatras ang COVID? 😂😂😂 https://t.co/L0i1eAEPqL
— Jover Laurio (@PinoyAkoBlog) April 8, 2020
"COVID14" daw sabi ni Lani Mercado bye guyth.
— Rod Magaru (@rodmagaru) April 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/BiggieXXL69/status/1247748477846564864?fbclid=IwAR1aZ1lURFoHib2-Df1i0bo99rvgmsS4R9BDj2sZm5tta1Q8aBJvAl8W-3g
Kala ko ung asawa lang nia mahilig magbawas ng numeropic.twitter.com/xLmN2AxPzT
— Joaquin Closet 🍉🏞️🌊 (@joaquin_closet) April 8, 2020
— DJ Chacha (@_djchacha) April 8, 2020
Hala! May bagong type ng Corona Virus??? pic.twitter.com/ckopYLioBj
— ricci (@ricci_richy) April 8, 2020
— Tonyo Cruz (@tonyocruz) April 8, 2020