Leading scientists urge caution over new pandemic fears amid pneumonia clusters in China
www.abc.net.au
Chinese health authorities have provided data requested by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.

The data showed an increase in hospital admissions of children due to diseases including bacterial infection, RSV, influenza and common cold viruses since October.

Leading scientists said the situation warranted close monitoring, but were not convinced the spike signalled the start of a new global outbreak.

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The standard wording of the alert echoed the first-ever notice about what would become COVID-19, sent on December 30, 2019: “Undiagnosed pneumonia — China (Hubei).”

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  • Melkath
    -1•1 year ago

    So you agree.

    Masks and social distancing saves lives from not only covid, but from a series of other similar pathogens.