Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday confirmed that he too tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in isolation.

Pangilinan said he too was surprised when he got the results of his twice- weekly routine RT-PCR test on Saturday evening.

“Surprised because I have zero symptoms. No cold or cough. No itchy throat. I was even able to run on the treadmill and do yoga stretching exercises last night before I learned of the test results,” Pangilinan said in a post on his Instagram.

The senator said members of his family, including his wife, Sharon Cuneta, and their children are also now in isolation at their home in different rooms. On the other hand, they tested negative of the coronavirus.

“All are masked. All are fully vaxxed tooo. None of us are exhibiting symptoms. Everyone tested negative via antigen testing this morning, including myself and we are awaiting the results of the RT-PCR tests due tomorrow (Monday),” he said.

But according to Pangilinan, his sister, a doctor, however, told him that since laboratories are now swamped with a tsunami of testings due to the surge, the possibility of contamination and a false positive is not remote.

“Hence, I have been retested today and we are awaiting the results,” he said.

Nevertheless, Pangilinan, Vice President Leni Robredo's running mate in the upcoming May 2022 elections, assured that he feels well despite testing positive for COVID.

“I am more than ok. Just concerned about the health and safety of my family and the staff at home as well as our kababayans and their families everywhere going through a similar, stressful ordeal,” he further said.