WHO seeks details from China on respiratory illness outbreaks
The World Health Organization has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called a 'routine' check.
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![Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. The World Health Organization has asked on November 23, 2023, China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the risk of infection. China has reported an increase in "influenza-like illness" since mid-October when compared to the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said. People wait in an outpatient area of a children's hospital in Beijing.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7037310.1700740630!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1797516794.jpg)
The World Health Organization has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called a 'routine' check.