First case of Coronavirus positivity for a department head of the Vatican Curia.
Philippine cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president of Caritas Internationalis, "actually tested positive for Covid-19 - the director of the Vatican Press Office Matteo Bruni explains to ANSA - through a throat swab carried out yesterday upon his arrival in Manila.
"His Eminence has no symptoms and will remain in solitary confinement in the Philippines, where he is." In the meantime, "the necessary checks are underway among those who have come into contact with His Eminence in recent days. On 7 September Cardinal Tagle had already undergone a swab in Rome, with negative results".