European worries: Pneumonia cases increase, fear is caused by Chinese virus

Pneumonia cases are increasing in China. A man carries his son to the hospital. Reuters.

China once again becomes the protagonist of respiratory infections This puts it under the magnifying glass of the World Health Organization (WHO), just as it was when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic 4 years ago.After the matter became public Hospitalizations for pneumonia rise in Asian countryEurope is on alert A similar outbreak has occurred in the region.

When the coronavirus spread across the globe, the first country to be affected was China, which is why world leaders are worried that something of this magnitude could happen again.

in the last days, France and the Netherlands Reports first case of pneumonia, disease affecting continental Asia and Hospitalizations of children and adults have increased. Given the Chinese context, Europe is concerned that infections have spread.

China says it has “no reason to worry” about the respiratory disease outbreak.Reuters

Amsterdam’s national agency revealed that during the week of November 13-19 103 paintings per 100,000 children aged 5 to 14this was added to a further 85 cases where alerts were learned.

two countries They couldn’t explain the pneumonia outbreak They worry the respiratory illness may have ties to China, where the number of minors hospitalized with the infection has soared.

Faced with rising hospitalizations and pressure from the World Health Organization to provide more information about the phenomenon, Asian health authorities insist the symptoms are caused by a “common winter virus”

And they can handle the situation.

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In early November, China’s National Health Commission reported an increase in respiratory disease cases in the country’s northern regions. Those most affected are the children.

mass infection Many hospitals collapsed in Beijing and Liaoningso authorities must strengthen the care system to handle fever cases.

People walk in the hospital in Beijing, China.Reuters

The unexpected infectious disease outbreak has put China under the World Health Organization’s microscope as Covid-19 begins to spread across the region, They fear it will happen again.