
Flu-like cases
WITH the increase in flu-like cases in the country, the government would do well to use the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like other countries throughout the globe, the Philippines implemented a variety of highly-effective measures aimed at addressing the health crisis.
Fears about the diseases affecting more people, notably children, were heightened with the reported cases of “walking pneumonia” in the country.
Reports from the Department of Health (DOH) said, however, that the four who contracted the dreaded disease had fully recovered.
One contracted the disease in January while the second got it in February. The two additional cases contracted the ailment in September.
But Health Secretary Ted Herbosa was quick to emphasize that there is no outbreak of “walking pneumonia” in this Asian nation.
With the threat of possible increase of respiratory diseases in the country, we urge the people to strictly adhere to health protocols.
“Kung maaari nga lang ay bumalik tayo sa pagsusuot ng maskara kapag tayo ay nasa labas ng bahay,” an elderly former barangay official said.
Without doubt, the rising number of flu-like cases in the country must be a great concern among the authorities and the Filipino people.
As a top government official said, it’s better to act now before it is too late.