{"id":26663,"date":"2023-11-29T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/?p=26663"},"modified":"2023-11-29T10:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:20:40","slug":"chinas-mystery-pneumonia-hazmat-clad-workers-and-fears-its-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/world-news\/chinas-mystery-pneumonia-hazmat-clad-workers-and-fears-its-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinas mystery pneumonia \u2013 hazmat-clad workers and fears its in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Cases of a "mystery pneumonia" are on the rise in China, with boffins now concerned the disease could spread further afield.<\/p>\n

    Hospitals are becoming "overwhelmed with sick children" as the disease \u2013 which can be fatal \u2013 spreads. An employee from the Beijing Friendship Hospital's paediatrics department said even emergency cases had to wait 24 hours to be seen.<\/p>\n

    Meanwhile healthcare workers in Hazmat suits have been pictured sanitising schools in a bid to prevent more cases. An eerie clip posted to social media by New York-based blogger Jennifer Zeng showed officials patrolling abandoned corridors and classrooms spraying disinfectant.<\/p>\n

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    Officials in Beijing have said the surging numbers of sickly schoolchildren is not down to a new virus and blamed seasonal illnesses for the concerning scenes, the Daily Star previously reported. However, UK officials are keeping an "open mind" about the potential cause of the disease.<\/p>\n

    Professor Dame Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, said: "The World Health Organisation has received an official response from China following its request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. We need to keep an open mind about the cause of any increased reporting of clusters of disease including of this illness in Chinese children.<\/p>\n

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