Ongoing Pneumonia Outbreak Continues to Overwhelm Hospitals in Chinese Cities; More Sudden Deaths Reported in Rural Areas

Published on January 28, 2024

The respiratory disease outbreak in China has been sweeping the country for months, overwhelming hospitals with more and more severe pneumonia cases and sudden deaths reported by the public. However, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been downplaying the outbreak and avoiding mention of COVID-19 as ordered by the CCP top leader, despite the similarities in symptoms. Instead, the CCP’s health authorities have attributed the ongoing outbreak to various other pathogens in the past months, such as mycoplasma pneumoniae, RSV, influenza A, and now influenza B. As the outbreak continues to worsen, Peng Zhibin, director of the Respiratory Infectious Diseases Division of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at China’s National Health Commission’s press briefing on Jan. 25 that currently, acute respiratory diseases in China are dominated by influenza, of which influenza B has recently accounted for more infections, resulting in small fluctuations in the influenza epidemic....

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