Philippines' public works secretary tests positive for coronavirus

Philippine Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said on Wednesday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

"I regret to announce that today, July 15, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19," he said in a Facebook post.

Villar is the third known senior official in the country to have contracted the virus following Education Secretary Leonor Briones and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año.