December 1st 2023.
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A worrying outbreak of child pneumonia has recently been reported in Ohio. This comes after similar reports in both Europe and China, causing alarm for health officials.
The Warren County Health District in Ohio made an announcement on Wednesday, revealing that they had witnessed an “extremely high number” of pediatric pneumonia cases since August. This number, 142, is well above the county average and meets the health department’s definition of an outbreak.
“We do not think this is a novel or new respiratory disease,” they stated, “but rather a large uptick in the number of pneumonia cases normally seen at one time."
This outbreak in Ohio coincides with a surge of pneumonia cases in children in some parts of China. This mysterious illness has created a huge strain on hospitals, with long wait times for patients to be seen.
The World Health Organization has requested additional epidemiological and clinical information from China, as well as laboratory results. This is in an effort to gain a better understanding of the cases reported.
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