The report said the foreigner is now confined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City.
This is the second MERS-CoV case in the country.
In February, a Filipina nurse who arrived from Saudi Arabia tested positive for the virus. Later that same month, she as cleared of the virus.
Following her recovery, Health Secretary Janette Garin declared that the Philippines no longer had an active case of MERS-CoV at the time.