What you need to know about walking pneumonia
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.