Isko Moreno ‘reports loss of smell and taste’

Manila mayor Isko Moreno, who was confined in Sta. Ana Hospital (SAH), was visited by Dr. Grace Padilla, SAH Director (left) and Dr. Nerissa Sescon, head of SAH-Manila Infectious Disease Control Center (right). Photo courtesy of Manila PIO.

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso reported a loss of taste and smell after contracting COVID-19.

In a medical bulletin published on Friday, Sta. Ana Hospital Director Grace Padilla said Moreno experienced more COVID-19 symptoms on his fifth day of confinement in the said hospital.

“Our Honorable Mayor, on his 5th hospital day, has reported a loss of smell and taste which is part of the COVID-19 disease spectrum,” Padilla said.

“He has minimal body pains reported, now at Grade 2/10, and has not taken any pain relievers for the entire day,” she added.

Padilla, however, said the mayor’s “vital signs continuously remain stable” and his chest X-ray results “revealed no significant chest findings.”

Domagoso tested positive for COVID-19 on August 15.

Since he was admitted to the hospital, the Manila’s Public Information Office has been issuing regular medical bulletins for the Manila mayor, as well as for Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, who also tested positive for the virus, but has been discharged since.

EDV