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A World Health Organization (WHO) official has provided reassurance amid the spike in respiratory illnesses currently observed in China, emphasizing that the increase is not as severe as pre-COVID-19 levels. Furthermore, the official reiterated that no new or unusual pathogens have been identified in the recent cases.

The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently going through is not as high as before the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organisation official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases. Maria Van Kerkhove, acting director of the WHO's department of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said the increase appeared to be driven by a rise in the number of children contracting pathogens that two years of COVID restrictions have kept them away from.

The spike recently became a global issue when the World Health Organization asked China for more information, citing a report on clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.

The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently going through is not as high as before the Covid-19 pandemic, a World Health Organisation official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases.