2023-11-24 08:10:32
Children and their parents wait in a children’s hospital in Beijing, November 23, 2023. JADE GAO / AFP
DECRYPTION – While some fear the emergence of a new pandemic, specialists are generally reassuring. The WHO, however, asked China to provide more information.
Four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new epidemic of “ undiagnosed respiratory illness » is rampant in China, a country which saw the emergence of the coronavirus. Enough to revive bad memories. What do we know, and should we be concerned?
The information reached the ears of the world through a alert launched Tuesday by the International Society of Infectious Diseases (Isid). The infection mainly affects children, according to Isid which uses information from FTV News. According to this Taiwanese media, several hospitals in the north of the country were filled at the start of the week with small patients on intravenous drips, presenting “ fever and lung nodules ».
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Wednesday, the World Health Organization said it had asked Chinese authorities for more detailed information. So far silent, China finally responded on Thursday. “Chinese authorities have indicated that no new or unusual pathogens have been detected, not…
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