Sen. Lito Lapid has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday.
The 65-year-old legislator is undergoing treatment at the Medical City Clark where his doctors consider his case as "mild to moderate," according to his chief of staff, Jericho Acedera.
All those who came in contact with the senator were tested for the virus, Acedera said.
As Lapid tested positive for COVID-19 while Senate was not in session, no member of his staff was considerably exposed to him, Acedera added, except for his personal and close-in employees who tested negative in antigen tests and exhibited no symptoms.
Lapid is the latest senator to have tested positive for the disease, which has killed over 31,000 Filipinos and plunged millions into poverty.
Other senators who had COVID include Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senators Sonny Angara, Bong Revilla Jr., Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, and Richard Gordon.