TV Patrol news anchor Bernadette Sembrano has revealed she has tested positive for COVID-19.
Sembrano broke the news in a 2-minute video clip on Instagram.
“I just wanted to inform you that I tested positive for COVID. Nagulat din po ako. Kasi wala akong nararamdaman at all. In fact, I feel healthy. Wala pong symptoms. Pero meron kaming mandatory RT-PCR test sa work, so when it came out, nawindang din ako,” Sembrano said, in a report by ABS-CBN.
“I am coming out para lang ma-enlighten ang marami sa atin. Kadalasan ang iniisip natin pag COVID yun pong mga pasyenteng mahina ang katawan na may tubo, nangangayayat, inuubo.
“Pero marami po ang kagaya ko na asymptomatic. Asymptomatic na feeling mo wala kayong sakit. Wala kayong COVID at patuloy na nakikihalobilo kasama ang ibang tao. Yun po ang nakakatakot kasi we can be endangering the lives of the people around us and the lives of our loved ones," she said.
“Magpa-vaccinate na rin tayo. I still believe that we can thrive and outsmart the virus. Alam naman natin yung gagawin natin e. Nakalusot pero sa awa ng Diyos na-test agad at nakapag-isolate agad,” Sembrano added.
“Please practice the health protocols because we are not doing it just to protect ourselves, we are doing it to protect our loved ones," Sembrano added.
Earlier, reports said that two cameramen of ABS-CBN died due to COVID-19.
Like Sembrano, anchors Noli de Catdro and Henry Omaga-Diaz underwent self-quarantine. Julius Babao and Karen Davila took the anchor duties beginning Wednesday night, April 21.