Health officials encourage the public to wear face masks following the rise in flu cases, but medical experts say the current situation is not reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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00:00 Health officials encouraged the public to wear face masks following the rise in flu cases.
00:05 But medical experts say the current situation is not reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:10 The Department of Health says while the country detected four cases of the mycoplasma pneumonia
00:16 or walking pneumonia, these were not new cases and they had been tagged as recovered.
00:20 The DOH adds mycoplasma pneumonia is not new and is a common pathogen detected even before
00:26 the COVID-19 pandemic. Walking pneumonia is often confused with other respiratory conditions
00:31 including bronchitis, the flu and the common cold. It presents these symptoms.
00:36 One common symptom of walking pneumonia is coughing up a mix of mucus and saliva.
00:45 The DOH says the following precautions may be taken to prevent getting infected with a disease.