The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for more information on “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia” reportedly spreading among children in the north of the country.

Non-state media reports say paediatric hospitals in parts of China are overwhelmed with sick children.

Chinese authorities have attributed a spike in flu-like illnesses this winter to the lifting of Covid measures.

The WHO is urging people in China to take measures to reduce transmission.

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”.

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    1 year ago

    My gf is 36 and she’s caught whatever is going around North China, and the hospital said they’re having a shortage of IV drugs to treat it because of how many people are sick. It might be mostly kids, but it’s getting other people too.

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        41 year ago

        I appreciate your concern. Thankfully she got into a clinic and was able to get treatment and is now on the road to recovery, but it was pretty scary for a little.