Coronavirus COVID-19

@miss_understood You can prevent contracting the wuhan coronavirus by practising safe personal hygiene. You should wash your hands with soap after coming into contact with common objects, before eating and before touching your face. You should avoid going to crowded areas and consider wearing surgical face mask when in crowded areas or when you are not feeling well. N95 mask will definitely be more protective against the wuhan coronavirus as compared to surgical mask, similar to the protection adopted against the SARS coronavirus (Same family of virus as the wuhan coronarvirus). You might like to refer to this article published by channelnewsasia for more health tips: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/wuhan-virus-singapore-what-can-you-do-health-advisory-12324632 Hope this helps! Cheers and happy chinese new year.

@Lammmmmyyyy This is possible as the influenza virus is constantly mutating and there are many different strains of influenza circulating in the community. You might had your influenza vaccine previously but it did not cover the strain of influenza that you contracted. Therefore will advise yourself and other patients to practise hand hygiene and stay away from patients who are coughing and sick, despite having previous influenza vaccination. Hope this helps. Get well soon.