By WECT Staff | January 19, 2021 at 11:48 AM EST – Updated January 19 at 12:46 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) – Senator Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release.
Rabon reportedly took a test on Monday after experiencing mild cold-like symptoms and received a positive result Tuesday morning.
“He has no symptoms today. He is isolating at his home and calling those with whom he had close contact,” the news release stated.
Additionally, Rabon was at the one-day start of this year’s General Assembly session last Wednesday in Raleigh, though Turner did not attend. WRAL reports that Rabon was wearing a mask while he was at the General Assembly and while speaking on the Senate floor.
Rabon represents District 8 in the North Carolina Senate, which includes Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties.
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