Hospitals in northern China have reportedly been "overwhelmed" with sick children due to a mysterious pneumonia outbreak. The sudden spike in cases of respiratory illnesses and reports of pneumonia clusters in children has prompted the WHO to seek detailed information.
"With the outbreak of pneumonia in China, children's hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning and other places were overwhelmed with sick children, and schools and classes were on the verge of suspension," PROMed, a publicly available surveillance system that monitors disease outbreaks, said in an alert issued Tuesday.
