Large outbreak of pneumonia in China, pediatric hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning overwhelmed

<p>Overnight reports of an&nbsp;emerging large outbreak of pneumonia in China:</p><ul><li>pediatric hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning are reportedly&nbsp;overwhelmed with sick children</li><li>any schools have been suspended</li><li>an alert went out on the ProMed epidemic network – they warn of an unknown “walking pneumonia” without coughing, but high fever and pulmonary nodules</li><li>too early to project whether this could be another pandemic</li></ul><p>Beijing and Liaoning are 800 km apart, so the outbreak is not only localized.</p><p>-</p><p>Let's hope all the affected get well and this thing doesn't get worse.&nbsp;</p><figure data-media-><img src="https://images.forexlive.com/images/Beijing%20Liaoning%2023%20November%202023_id_c6984049-ba83-43f8-b38a-dfc900323ed1_original.jpg" alt="Beijing Liaoning 23 November 2023" width="779" height="516" wrapper-="wrapper-" data-src="https://images.forexlive.com/images/Beijing%20Liaoning%2023%20November%202023_id_c6984049-ba83-43f8-b38a-dfc900323ed1_original.jpg" /></figure><p><br></p><p>The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) is a program of the&nbsp;International Society for Infectious Diseases&nbsp;(ISID).</p><ul><li>an Internet service to identify unusual health events related to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and toxins affecting humans, animals and plants. </li><li>ProMED is the largest publicly-available system conducting global reporting of infectious disease outbreaks.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.