Screenshot of Gapan City Mayor Emerson Pascual and his sister, 4th District board member Joy Pascual.
CABANATUAN CITY – Mayor Emerson Pascual of Gapan City and his sister, 4th District board member Joy Pascual, tested negative of the coronavirus disease even as some of their relatives turned positive.
But the mayor, in a Facebook live feed Tuesday night, said they will undergo 14-day quarantine.
“Positive sa Covid–19 ang tatay ko si Kapitan B, ang Nanay ko, at si Judee,” the mayor said referring to his father Pambuan barangay chair Boy Pascual, his mother and his wife. “Maayos naman ang kanilang kalagayan,” he assured.
“Ako at si Bokal Joy negative sa Covid-19,” Pascual added.
The board member’s swab test result that showed negative was released Tuesday, he said.
In the live video with his sister by his side, Pascual explained he has been living in a house away from his own family since the start of the pandemic. “Pero kahit negative sa swab test kailangan ko 14 days home quarantine at susundin po natin yan,” he said.
“Huwag po kayo mag–alala patuloy ako magtatrabaho at pagkatapos ng quarantine ko magkikita-kita uli tayo sa labas. Patuloy akong magtatrabaho para sa inyo,” said Pascual who earned the admiration of the public for giving away cavans of rice, cash and meat products to his constituents during the lockdown.
He also had physically checked the barangays in his town for their preparedness for Typhoon Ulysses.
“Napapagod pero hindi susuko,” he added.
