Another epidemic after Corona? Mysterious pneumonia spreading rapidly in China's schools

China is still struggling with the devastating effects of Coronavirus. Covid cases are once again still being reported in the country.

Meanwhile, another disease is spreading rapidly in China. The outbreak of a mysterious pneumonia is increasing in the schools here. This worrying situation is reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Sick children are being admitted to hospitals in Beijing and Liaoning, 500 miles north-east. Local media reports suggest that most schools are closed due to the mysterious pneumonia outbreak. Children affected by mysterious pneumonia show unusual symptoms including swelling in the lungs and high fever. However, they are not showing cough and other symptoms associated with flu, RSV and respiratory diseases.

ProMed, an open-access surveillance platform, monitors human and animal disease outbreaks around the world. It issued a warning on Tuesday about an emerging epidemic of undiagnosed pneumonia, particularly affecting children.

A PROMED alert in late December 2019 gave early warning about the new virus. It was later identified as SARS-CoV-2. ProMed said: “This report warns of a widespread outbreak of an unknown respiratory disease.

It is not clear exactly when this outbreak began, as it is not unusual for so many children to be affected so quickly. ,

The report said that it is too early to predict whether this could be another epidemic, but we should take precautions from now on. Experts said that precautions were needed to avert the spread of the disease.