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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-A Department of Health in Region 10 (DOH-10) official believes the public's "health-seeking" behavior might have been "very low" during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, often leading to serious health outcomes. "Health-seeking behavior," is defined by health professionals as actions made by individuals to learn about the state of their health conditions by consulting medical doctors. Dr. David Mendoza, DOH-10's Local Health Support Division Chief, said Friday that individuals lacking health-seeking behavior would rather not go to hospitals or see a doctor because of fear that they would be diagnosed with Covid-19. "That is why they don't want to be tested even when they are sick. They will just say it's just an ordinary flu," Mendoza said during Friday's launching here of DOH's "Konsultayo." Dr. Wella Kindom Brito, DOH-10's Chief of Infectious Diseases Cluster, said Konsul