Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Filipino head of the Vatican's powerful evangelization office and a close to Pope Francis has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Vatican confirmed Sept. 11.
"Cardinal Tagle actually tested positive for Covid-19 with a pharyngeal swab carried out yesterday on his arrival in Manila,” said a brief statement by Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office.
The cardinal who has arrived in the Philippines yesterday, September 10, becomes the first head of a Vatican dicastery with Covid-19.
The Cardinal “does not have any symptoms and will remain in mandatory self-quarantine in the Philippines, where he is located," Bruni said.
"Necessary checks are being carried out among those who have come into contact with His Eminence in recent days,” he added.
He said Cardinal Tagle had undergone a swab test in Rome on September 7, which turned out negative.
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