By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Negros Occidental’s provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has placed himself on a three-day self isolation after he experienced a sore throat while leading the distribution of relief assistance in southern Negros earlier this week.

According to Diaz, they noticed that Lacson was having a hard time during his speeches in the towns of Cauayan and Hinoba-an.

Upon their return to Bacolod City, Lacson immediately underwent a rapid antigen test and the result showed that he was “non-reactive.”

However, he was still advised by doctors to take a three-day “health break.”

“He was given medication for a cough,” Diaz said.

Earlier, Lacson reminded the public not to treat any fever as a normal case, but instead consider it as a suspected COVID-19 symptom, and isolate.

Lacson made the reminder after it was observed that fever, colds and cough have become prevalent, adding everyone is currently treating it as common or normal because of the existing weather condition./DGB, WDJ

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