Notable decrease in respiratory disease outbreak in China, according to country’s CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention China (CDC) assured that the outbreak of respiratory diseases that affected the country in the last month, including COVID-19recorded a significant downward trend and reached its lowest point in 2023.

O to decreaseparticularly in cases of influenza, led to a daily volume of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases in local medical institutions ranging between one million and 1.37 million patients, the official Global Times newspaper reported last night.

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“These data represent approximately 40% of the total number of respiratory diseases in all medical institutions in the country”said the spokesperson for National Health Commission (NHC) Mi Fengduring a press conference held this Sunday.

The spokesperson highlighted the downward trend and promised continued monitoring of pathogens and virus mutations.

While an increase in travel is expected later in the year, The agency recommended the use of masksespecially for vulnerable groups.

The Asian giant’s health authorities reported last October that “a combination of pathogens” was behind the outbreak of respiratory infections that affected the country.

O World Health Organization He then requested Beijing detailed information on the increase in cases of respiratory diseases and outbreaks of childhood pneumonia, a request to which China responded that the outbreak is due to “known pathogens” such as seasonal flu, as well as rhinovirus, mycoplasma pneumoniaerespiratory syncytial virus and adenovirus.

Source: Elcomercio

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