VATICAN CITY: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has become the highest-ranking Vatican official known to have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Vatican said on Friday that Tagle, 63, a Filipino who heads the Vatican's missionary arm, had tested positive when he arrived in Manila on Thursday.Tagle, who met Pope Francis in a private audience on Aug 29, tested negative on Sep 7. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Vatican health officials were checking people who had come into contact with Tagle in recent days. He did not say if this included the 83-year-old pope, who is believed to be tested regularly.The pope held a series of private audiences on Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday, he held his weekly audience before a limited crowd of about 500 people.
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