By- Shivanshi Srivastava
China, which is still recovering from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, is facing another possible health emergency.
A mysterious pneumonia outbreak has swept through schools and resulted in hospitals being overwhelmed with sick children.
The epicentres of this outbreak are Beijing and Liaoning province.
Pediatric hospitals are facing an overwhelming number of sick children. This has caused concern among global health experts.
As the situation seems critical classes in school have been susupended.
The symptoms exhibited by the affected children are high fever and lung inflammation.
Chinese started wearing face masks in the wake of the pneumonia outbreak.
WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.