China orders prevention measures after respiratory disease outbreak among children

China's health authorities are predicting various respiratory diseases to circulate in parallel this winter and into spring next year, including Covid-19, flu and mycoplasma pneumoniae. - Photo by Reuters

BEIJING (dpa): China has ordered increased prevention measures following an unusual cluster of respiratory diseases in children, the authorities in Beijing announced on Friday, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a cautious all-clear.

The country's health authorities are predicting various respiratory diseases to circulate in parallel this winter and into spring next year, including Covid-19, flu and mycoplasma pneumoniae.