WHO asks China for details on outbreaks of respiratory illness

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Nov 23 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called a "routine" check.

Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission held a press conference on Nov. 13 to report an increase in incidence of respiratory disease.

Authorities attributed the increase to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens such as influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common bacterial infection that typically affects younger children, respiratory syncytial virus, and the virus that causes COVID-19.

Both China and the WHO have faced questions about the transparency of reporting on the earliest COVID-19 cases that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.

On Wednesday, the WHO said groups including the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in north China. The WHO said it was not clear if these were associated with an overall increase in respiratory infections previously reported by Chinese authorities or separate events.

The WHO said it had asked for additional epidemiologic and clinical information as well as laboratory results from the reported outbreaks among children, through the International Health Regulations mechanism.

It has also asked China for further information about trends in the circulation of known pathogens and the burden on health-care systems. The WHO said it was in contact with clinicians and scientists through its existing technical partnerships and networks in China

WHO asks China for details on outbreaks of respiratory illness​

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November 23, 20235:37 PM GMT+8Updated 44 min ago

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Nov 23 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called a "routine" check.
Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission held a press conference on Nov. 13 to report an increase in incidence of respiratory disease.
Authorities attributed the increase to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens such as influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common bacterial infection that typically affects younger children, respiratory syncytial virus, and the virus that causes COVID-19.




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Both China and the WHO have faced questions about the transparency of reporting on the earliest COVID-19 cases that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
On Wednesday, the WHO said groups including the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in north China. The WHO said it was not clear if these were associated with an overall increase in respiratory infections previously reported by Chinese authorities or separate events.
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The WHO said it had asked for additional epidemiologic and clinical information as well as laboratory results from the reported outbreaks among children, through the International Health Regulations mechanism.
It has also asked China for further information about trends in the circulation of known pathogens and the burden on health-care systems. The WHO said it was in contact with clinicians and scientists through its existing technical partnerships and networks in China.
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WHO China said it was "routine" to request information on increases in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children from member states, such as China.
The global agency decided to issue a statement on China to share available information, as it received a number of queries about it from media, WHO China said in an emailed statement.
Undiagnosed pneumonia was not mentioned at last week's press conference, according to a transcript, but one speaker said everyone felt like there had been an increase in respiratory illnesses this year compared with three years ago.

 

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Clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia" reportedly spreading among children in the north of the China.​

Promed statement
UNDIAGNOSED PNEUMONIA - CHINA: (BEIJING, LIAONING) CHILDREN, REPORTED EPIDEMIC
https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=8713261

WHO statement
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-11...iratory-illness-in-children-in-northern-china

With the outbreak of pneumonia in China, children's hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning and other places were overwhelmed with sick children, and schools and classes were on the verge of suspension. Parents questioned whether the authorities were covering up the epidemic.

In the early morning, Beijing Children's Hospital was still overcrowded with parents and children whose children had pneumonia and came to seek treatment. Mr. [W], a Beijing citizen: "Many, many are hospitalized. They don't cough and have no symptoms. They just have a high temperature (fever) and many develop pulmonary nodules."

The situation in Liaoning Province is also serious. The lobby of Dalian Children's Hospital is full of sick children receiving intravenous drips. There are also queues of patients at the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and the central hospitals. A staff member of Dalian Central Hospital said: "Patients have to wait in line for 2 hours, and we are all in the emergency department and there are no general outpatient clinics."

Some school classes have even been canceled completely. Not only are all students sick, but teachers are also infected

Non-state media reports say children's hospitals in parts of the country are overwhelmed with sick children.

In Beijing and Liaoning, hospitals are struggling with an influx of sick children, while both students and teachers are affected.

Since October, northern China has reported an "increase in influenza-like illness" compared to the same period over the past three years, it adds.

Hospitals in Beijing and Liaoning, 500 miles northeast, are struggling to cope with an influx of sick children, straining their resources to the breaking point. Local media reports suggest that school closures are imminent due to the outbreak.

The affected children present with unusual symptoms, including lung inflammation and high fever, but noticeably lack the typical cough and other signs associated with flu, RSV, and other respiratory illnesses.

ProMed, an open-access surveillance platform that tracks worldwide disease outbreaks in humans and animals, issued an alert on Tuesday evening regarding an emerging epidemic of "undiagnosed pneumonia" particularly affecting children.

A ProMed alert issued in late December 2019 served as a critical early warning about a novel virus, subsequently identified as SARS-CoV-2, alerting a wide range of medical professionals and scientists, including high-ranking officials at the World Health Organization.

In an editor's note, ProMed said: "This report suggests a widespread outbreak of an undiagnosed respiratory illness... It is not at all clear when this outbreak started, as it would be unusual for so many children to be affected so quickly. The report does not say that any adults were affected, suggesting some exposure at the schools."

It is too early to project whether this could be another pandemic, but as a wise influenza virologist once said to me, "The pandemic clock is ticking; we just do not know what time it is."

In a statement the UN health agency says it wants more information on reports in the media and from ProMed - a global outbreak surveillance system - of "clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China".

On 21 November, media and ProMED reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China. It is unclear if these are associated with the overall increase in respiratory infections previously reported by Chinese authorities, or separate events

What does it mean by undiagnosed?

 

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WHO asks China for more details on unexplained pneumonia outbreak​

Reports that children’s hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning and other cities are ‘overwhelmed with sick children’.

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Dear @Ralders you need to be more aggressive in your subject header.

I am more aggressive than you:

China is releasing virus to the world again. 中国又再​

 

[rocket]

Dear @Ralders you need to be more aggressive in your subject header.

I am more aggressive that you:

China is releasing virus to the world again. 中国又再​

Sister shows her 宝剑

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Sister shows her 宝剑

中共土匪又再放毒给全世界

 

[laksaboy]

Will be great if all the Tiong brats see kiao kiao, like God culling all the firstborn of Egypt.

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Will be great if all the Tiong brats see kiao kiao, like God culling all the firstborn of Egypt.

I hope China will lock down and die

 

[glockman]

Commies have filthy habits and are dishonest. Gave us the wuhan virus, now this. Those fucking commies need to be slaughtered, starting with @tanwahtiu

 

[laksaboy]

Commies have filthy habits and are dishonest. Gave us the wuhan virus, now this. Those fucking commies need to be slaughtered, starting with @tanwahtiu

There is also that part about doing forbidden experiments in special bio labs to produce gain-of-function (bioweapon) super viruses, and the consequences of that can't be produced with dirty habits or exotic diets.

 

[rocket]

Commies have filthy habits and are dishonest. Gave us the wuhan virus, now this. Those fucking commies need to be slaughtered, starting with @tanwahtiu

This time don't know which country to push the blame to? Maybe Israel or Ukraine

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Shanghai Tianjin and Beijing have shut down hospitals

 

[eatshitndie]

many tiongs buying air tickets trying to get out of pandamic prc. every cuntry should ban flights in and out if ccpland now until ccp cums clean about new virus.

 

[orh mee suah]

It's the season, like North America and Europe-- Oct to April.

 

[rocket]

many tiongs buying air tickets trying to get out of pandamic prc. every cuntry should ban flights in and out if ccpland now until ccp cums clean about new virus.

Please don't come to sg , ah sai Please redirect them to Palestine

 

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China has seen an uptick in respiratory illness and clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked China for more detailed information about the increase in respiratory disease.

Look back to 5 January, 2020, and you'll find a statement from the WHO titled "Pneumonia of unknown cause - China".

It is therefore unsurprising that news of another mystery outbreak has set alarm bells ringing - but a WHO doctor has warned against jumping to conclusions and says getting more information is key.

Here is what we know so far about the illness, what China has said, and what the WHO wants to find out.

What do we know about the mystery illness?

Northern China has reported an increase in influenza-like illnesses since mid-October, compared with the same period in the previous three years, according to the WHO.

Clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China have also been reported by groups including the Programme for Monitoring Emerging Diseases.

The WHO said it was unclear if the clusters were associated with an overall increase in respiratory infections - or separate events.

 

[congo9]

Cold dry weather, low immunity and low standard of health care make China healthcare system bad.

They should organized themselves and spread their resources throughout the country. When such a major outbreak comes or happens，the patient can go to hospital which is near their home/village for treatment .

 

[eatshitndie]

Cold dry weather, low immunity and low standard of health care make China healthcare system bad.

They should organized themselves and spread their resources throughout the country. When such a major outbreak comes or happens，the patient can go to hospital which is near their home/village for treatment .

like that how to be superpower? losing children to self inflicted pandamics is like decimating oneself. ccp is still very 3rd world and thuggish, killing their own children by forced abortions for 36.9 years, chemicals, carcinogens, and pathogens.

 

[tobelightlight]

WHO like to act like they are innocent. Stop the drama lah. WHO has a hand in the fake pandemic and vaccine kill shots.