Cardinal Tagle tested positive for COVID-19

The Vatican confirmed that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon his arrival in Manila on Thursday.

The Holy See Press Office said Cardinal Tagle is asymptomatic and currently under quarantine.

Contact tracing is now ongoing.

Although he has a residence at the Congregation, Cardinal Tagle has been staying at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino since his arrival in Rome in February.

The 63-year-old cardinal was in Italy’s city of Turin this week to take part in the episcopal ordination of the new Apostolic Nuncio for Mongolia, Fr. Giorgio Marengo.

The Vatican said that Cardinal Tagle had already undergone a Covid-19 swab test in Rome on Sept. 7, which turned out to be negative.

On September 8, he also led an online recollection for Filipino Covid-19 frontliners organized by Caritas Philippines and Cebu-based Dilaab Foundation.

Cardinal Tagle has become the first Roman curia dicastery head to have contracted the virus.

His last meeting with Pope Francis in a private audience was August 29.

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