Child Pneumonia Cases Overwhelm Chinese Hospitals, Alarming the WHO

Chinese hospitals have been overwhelmed with children infected with pneumonia as respiratory illness outbreaks spike across the country. It’s reported that a large number of medical staff have also been infected. Since mid-October, many children have been infected with pneumonia, having fever, and even exhibiting white lung symptoms as seen from serious COVID-19 infections in various regions in China. The cases skyrocketed further in November, overwhelming hospitals. The reports of the escalation of the “undiagnosed pneumonia” outbreaks in major Chinese cities have alarmed the World Health Organization (WHO) and ProMED, a large public surveillance system that monitors human and animal disease outbreaks worldwide....