China confirms inspection results found no new disease from... respiratory infection

Mi Feng, spokesman for China's National Health Commission ( NHC ), revealed at a press conference today (December 2) that no new infectious diseases related to respiratory illnesses have been detected in China so far.

Reuters reported that China is seeing an increase in respiratory illnesses as the country prepares to enter a full winter for the first time since lifting strict COVID-19 restrictions in December last year.

Maria Van Kerkhove, Acting Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Epidemic Preparedness and Prevention Division, revealed that the rapid increase in respiratory illnesses in China is not yet as high as before the COVID-19 outbreak. She also emphasized that no unusual or new types of pathogens have been found.

Ms van Kerkhove said. The increase in cases is due to more children falling ill with the disease after being protected from it for two years during the outbreak. COVID-2 outbreak

Ms Van Kerkhove said in an interview with Stat, the health news agency, last Friday (Nov. 24), "We asked about the situation before the outbreak. which is the current outbreak wave that they are experiencing It has not yet reached the highs they experienced in 2561-2562.

“This is not a sign of a new pathogen or an unfamiliar disease. This was predicted, and it's what most countries faced one or two years ago,” Van Kerkhove said.

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