Child Hospitals In Beijing Crowded With Patients In Mysterious Pneumonia Cases

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JAKARTA - The International Agency for Infectious Diseases reported that children's hospitals in Beijing and northern Liaoning, China are packed with cases of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia that are "undeterminable" which is believed to have originated from bacterial infections.

The report highlighted news by Taiwan-based FTV News, which said many patients had visited Beijing Children's Hospital.

The media quoted a resident as saying "Many children are hospitalized. There is no cough, they do not show symptoms of pneumonia, but experience high fever and inflammation in the respiratory tract."

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, November 23, announced that it had requested official information from China regarding cases of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.

Pneumonia Mycoplasma, an unusual bacterial infection, has spread worldwide since 2015 onwards, but has declined following actions against the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 onwards.

The re-emergence of this disease, which is treated with antibiotic drugs, is most likely related to the increase in antibiotic resistance.