Health officials pointed to hoax text messages circulated in Misamis Occidental that caused parents to panic and rush their children to hospitals for medical treatment.

Dr. Fe Paler, DOH Misamis Occidental provincial director, said the parents of school children who fell ill panicked after they received the text messages.

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