Lito Lapid tests positive for COVID-19

Senator Lito Lapid has tested positive for COVID-19, his office confirmed Monday.

A statement released by Lapid's chief of staff, Attorney Jericho Acedera, states that Lapid is presently undergoing treatment at Medical City in Clark, where Lapid's physicians consider his case as "mild to moderate."

All individuals who have come in close contact with the senator already took the necessary COVID-19 tests and were directed to comply with the existing health protocols.

Further, his office noted that no member of his staff was considerably exposed, except for his personal and close-in employees who have already tested negative in their antigen tests. They also manifest no COVID-like symptoms.

The senator's office urged the public to pray for Lapid's recovery as well as the health of those others who were also infected with COVID-19.

"We enjoin everyone to pray that his health and of all those infected continue to improve, and more importantly, for this pandemic to soon be over," his office said. — RSJ, GMA News