MANILA, Philippines —Senator Win Gatchalian revealed Wednesday night that he would go into self-quarantine after interacting with a resource person in a recent Senate committee hearing who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “I have recently been informed that a resource person who attended the hearing of the Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture last March 5, 2020, which I Chair, has tested positive for COVID-19,” Gatchalian said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENT“Though I am asymptomatic and feel healthy, I will follow government set protocols on such cases and go into self-quarantine immediately given that I interacted with the said individual during that committee hearing,” he added. On March 5, Gatchalian led a public hearing on the complementary roles of public and private institutions in the Philippine educational system. Gatchalian is the highest Philippine official to undergo self-quarantine amid the spike in the cases of COVID-19 in the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 11, 2020 13:31 UTC