China This Friday he called the surveillanceat a time when a wave of respiratory diseases affected schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization (WHO) – who asked the Government for data on the disease – stated that no unusual or novel pathogens.
The Asian country is dealing with a increase in respiratory diseases entering its first season of winter complete since lifting the strict restrictions on the Covid-19 in December of last year, with cases between children which seem especially high in northern areas such as Beijing and the province of Liaoningwhere the hospitals They are warning that there is long waits.
He Council of State stated that the flu would reach its peak high point this winter and spring and that the infection mycoplasma pneumoniae would still be elevated in some areas in the future. He also warned of the risk of a rebound in Covid-19 infections.
“All localities must strengthen information reporting on infectious diseases to ensure that information is communicated in a timely and accurate manner,” said the Council of State it’s a statement.
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Wave of respiratory diseases in China: when and how it was detected
The situation came to light this week when the WHO requested more information from Chinaciting a report from Emerging Disease Surveillance Program (ProMED) on outbreaks of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.
So much China as the WHO faced questions about the transparency of reporting on the first cases of Covid-19 that arose in the central city of Wuhan at the end of 2019.
On Thursday, the WHO said China had responded to his request and that the data he provided suggested that the cases were related to the lifting of restrictions due to Covid-19 along with the circulation of pathogens known as mycoplasma pneumoniaea common bacterial infection which typically affects childrenwhich circulated since May.
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This month, authorities began issuing health notices and to warn the public of the long waits in crowded hospitalsbut they did not impose measures like those applied during Covid-19 pandemicsuch as the use of masks or the school closures.
There were no indications of undue public alarm and Bruce Thompsondirector of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Melbournestated that preliminary data suggested that there was nothing out of the ordinary.
“At this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this could be a new variant of Covid-19“, he stated and added: “One thing to highlight is that we can rest assured that surveillance processes are workingwhich is a very good thing.”
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Parental concern
This Friday, parents in Shanghai They stated that they were not too concerned about the wave of colds and that, although they seemed more serious, they hoped that they would disappear soon.
“Colds occur all over the world”said Emily Wu as she left a children’s hospital. “I hope people are not biased because of the pandemic, (…) but look at this from a scientific perspective.” While another mother, Feng Zixun, said she made her eight-year-old son wear a mask and wash his hands more often, but nothing more.
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