Other countries also experienced an uptick in respiratory diseases the first time they eased pandemic measures. At a press conference on 13… pic.twitter.com/Jq8TgZjWNX — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 22, 2023The move came a day after media and ProMED first reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in northern China had been detected in children. It’s not yet clear if the general increase of respiratory diseases and undiagnosed pneumonia in children is related. AdvertisementAccording to Reuters, the transcript from November 13′s press conference did not mention the cases of undiagnosed pneumonia. WHO noted that the country has “systems in place” to capture such information on respiratory diseases and reports to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System.

Source: Huffington Post November 23, 2023 23:31 UTC