Pope Francis has been warned of potential exposure to COVID-19 after a Vatican diplomat in Australia was infected, media reports say.
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Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the Holy See's ambassador to Australia, had a face-to-face meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 6 less than two weeks before testing positive to COVID-19 in Australia, Nine News reported.
Australian authorities say a diplomat who flew into Sydney on October 9 had tested positive to the coronavirus.
They won't reveal the diplomat's identity.
The diplomat tested positive 10 days after he started quarantining at home in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory Health Department said in a statement.
The department said the risk of infection was "low" for the two people who drove the diplomat from Sydney to Canberra.
Australia's Health Department said in a statement on Friday "all relevant international state parties have been notified".
The Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for comment,
Australian Associated Press
