MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest senator to have been afflicted with the coronavirus. “I’m sorry to inform you that I tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The senator added that aside from him, four members of his household, including his daughter, tested positive for SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Me, my eldest daughter, driver and househelp,” Dela Rosa told INQUIRER.net(I have cough, four of us here in the household tested positive. Dela Rosa is the fifth senator to have a bout of coronavirus, after Senators Sonny Angara, Koko Pimentel, Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Bong Revilla.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 21, 2020 02:31 UTC