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Pimentel hoping pregnant wife will be spared from discrimination
Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III tested positive for COVID-19, receiving the results on Tuesday night while at the hospital with his pregnant wife, Kathryna Yu-Pimentel, who was due to give birth.
He accompanied his wife to the hospital, considering it an "essential movement" and stating he had no cough.
His wife clarified that Pimentel did not enter the delivery room and was alone in the examination room.
Pimentel hopes his wife will not experience discrimination as she awaits the delivery of their baby, which has been postponed pending her own COVID-19 test.
He is the second senator to test positive for the virus, following Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Philippines had 636 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 38 deaths and 26 recoveries.
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Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III announced on Wednesday, March 25, that he tested positive for COVID-19 after being swabbed on Friday, March 20.
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Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III denied violating self-quarantine rules after visiting Makati Medical Center (MMC) while awaiting his COVID-19 test result.
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The Philippine Medical Association supports Makati Medical Center (MMC) in criticizing Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III for breaching COVID-19 protocols when he accompanied his pregnant wife to the hospital.
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Supermarket chain S&R confirmed Senator Koko Pimentel visited their BGC branch on March 16, which was captured on CCTV footage showing him checking out at 1:59 p.m.
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Senator Richard J. Gordon defended Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, describing him as an upright man, while also stating that Pimentel should have set a better example regarding COVID-19 self-quarantine protocols.
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