Chinese Foreign Minister Says Respiratory Disease Is Under Control

"Recently, we have seen some clusters of influenza cases among children in some parts of China. In fact, it is a very common phenomenon in many countries, and in China it has been effectively controlled," Reuters quoted Foreign Minister Wang Yi as telling reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, where he chaired a UN Security Council meeting on the Hamas-Israel conflict.

People lead their children outside a children's hospital in Beijing on November 27.

China's contacts with the international community will not be affected by any factors, the diplomat said, and he welcomed visits from "friends around the world."

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) asked China to provide details about the increase in respiratory cases and clusters of pneumonia in children.

Earlier this week, a WHO official said the surge was not as high as before the Covid-19 pandemic, stressing that no new or unusual pathogens had been detected.

In a related development, Taiwan's health authorities on November 30 advised the elderly, children and people with weak immune systems not to travel to mainland China due to the recent respiratory disease situation.

There is an unidentified pneumonia cluster in northern China, what does WHO say?

If absolutely necessary, people in the above groups should get vaccinated against flu and Covid-19 before traveling.

Taiwan has been on high alert for outbreaks on the mainland since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that killed nearly 800 people globally in 2002-2003.

Source link: https://thanhnien.vn/ngoai-truong-trung-quoc-noi-benh-ho-hap-da-duoc-kiem-soat-185231130114057582.htm