Medical staff take Covid-19 test samples in Hebei province (China) in June 2021
An outbreak of pneumonia of “unknown origin” spreads in China, with cases of white lung, pneumonia, fever and other symptoms of the respiratory virus overwhelming hospitals, according to a report. Daily Star recently reported.
According to the news, China has prepared for the worst case scenario when a new virus outbreak is spreading rapidly and causing Covid-19-like symptoms across the country.
Information on social networks shows that children’s hospitals in China are overloaded because many children have symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, weakness and dizziness.
On December 27, 2024, Reuters reported that China’s National Disease Control and Prevention Agency (NCDPA) is testing a system to monitor pneumonia of unknown origin.
According to Daily Starthis situation has raised concerns about cases of white lung, a phrase often used to describe symptoms of severe pneumonia. Some people also believe that China has declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak, but there has been no official confirmation from the Chinese government or the World Health Organization (WHO).
NCDPA issued a statement this week and revealed the number of infections had increased significantly since the week of December 16-22, 2024. In addition, an NCDPA spokesman said that although respiratory infections are expected to increase throughout the winter, the total number of cases this year is likely to be lower than in 2024.
On December 27, 2024, a doctor in Jiangsu province posted on social networks saying that his hospital had discovered an unknown virus.
This doctor confirmed that the patients involved all suffered from pneumonia and respiratory failure, and although this virus is not as easily transmitted as the corona virus, the death rate is much higher. According to the doctor, out of 30 patients in the department he is in charge of, 6 have died and the remaining 3 are at risk of death.
