Two more Senate staff test positive for COVID-19

Updated Fri, March 27, 2020 at 9:46 PM Published Thu, March 26, 2020 at 8:00 AM

A consultant of Senator Pia Cayetano and two staff members from her office, along with a staff member from Senator Bong Revilla's office, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Cayetano's consultant was last seen in the Senate on March 11 and did not exhibit symptoms at work.

Revilla's staff member was hospitalized on March 22 with pneumonia and had no known travel history or contact with a positive case.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Senate to seven, including Senators Juan Edgardo Angara, Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Aquilino Pimentel III, and a previously confirmed staffer from Cayetano's office.

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