China has not detected “unusual or new” pathogens linked to resurgence of respiratory diseases, says WHO

China no pathogens were detected “unusual or new”related to a recovery in respiratory diseases in the north of the country, the World Health Organization (WHO).

The north of China detected an increase in “flu-like illnesses”since mid-October compared to data from the previous three years, said the WHO on Wednesday.

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After the announcement, the UN health agency asked the Asian country for additional information.”about an increase in respiratory illnesses and pneumonia outbreaks in children“, as stated in a statement published on the X network.

Chinese authorities responded “that no new or unusual pathogens or unusual clinical presentations were detected, even in Beijing It is Liaoning,” the WHO said on Thursday.

According to authorities, it is “mentioned general increase in respiratory illnesses due to multiple known pathogens” he added.

O National Health Commission declared last week to the press that the recovery in respiratory diseases was due to the lifting of anti-covid restrictions and the circulation of other known pathogens.

The Chinese capital, in the north of the country, is experiencing a cold wave, with temperatures expected to drop well below 0ºC on Friday, according to state media.

Temperatures plummeted as Beijing “entered the period of high incidence of infectious respiratory diseases“said the deputy director and epidemiological expert of the Beijing disease prevention center, Wang Quanyifor state media.

Beijingcurrently shows a tendency for multiple pathogens to coexist” he claimed.

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“It’s winter”

At the Children’s Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics In Beijing, AFP journalists saw numerous parents with their children in the waiting room.

A mother surnamed Zhang accompanied her nine-year-old son who, according to her, had pneumonia. “Recently many children have become sick”, he assured.

I agreed with her Li Meiling42 years old, whose eight-year-old daughter suffered from microplasma pneumonia, a pathogen that causes sore throat, fatigue and fever.

But mom wasn’t thereparticularly concerned”According to the WHO statement. “It’s winter: it’s normal for there to be more cases of respiratory diseases”, he assured.

On November 21st, the media and the public disease surveillance system ProMED reported outbreaks of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China.

The WHO asked for this “additional epidemiological and clinical information as well as laboratory results of outbreaks detected in children”.

He also stated “additional information about recent trends in the circulation of known pathogens, especially influenza, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for Covid-19), the VRS that affects babies and mycoplasma pneumoniaeas well as the degree of congestion in the healthcare system,” the statement added.

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Meanwhile, the organization appealed to the population to take protective measures such as getting vaccinated, keeping a distance from sick people, wearing masks or washing their hands thoroughly.

During the pandemic COVID-19whose first cases were detected in China in late 2019, the WHO censured Beijing for its lack of transparency and cooperation.

The UN health agency and several countries also denounced this lack of cooperation from China in the investigation to determine the origins of the pandemic, which has not yet reached definitive conclusions.

Source: Elcomercio

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