Published May 10, 2021, 4:18 PM Presidential spokesman Harry Roque is a coronavirus survivor mainly because of the antiviral drug called remdesivir. Roque made a pitch for remdesivir to help ease coronavirus symptoms after some lawmakers questioned the Department of Health’s (DOH) purchase of the drug as treatment for the illness. Appearing on a televised press briefing from Davao City, the Palace official admitted he thought he was going to die when he was hospitalized for coronavirus disease last month. His health condition only improved after taking two vials of remdesivir. “Nagpaalam na ako sa daigdig na ito noong pangatlong araw ng aking pagkakasakit. Ganoon po kasama iyong aking pakiramdam. Pero noong binigyan po ako ng dalawang dosage ng remdesivir, pang-apat na araw ay nakatayo na po ako (I said farewell to the world on my third day of illness. That’s how bad I felt. But when I was given two doses of remdesivir, I was able to stand on my fourth day)…Ganoon po kabilis ang aking recovery after two dosages of remdesivir (That’s how fast my recovery was after two dosages of remdesivir),” Roque said Monday, May 10.