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Respiratory illness breakout in China: The ministry said that there is low risk to India both from the H9N2 avian influenza case as well as the clusters of respiratory illness in China.
Even when China's widely-publicised exchange with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in response to the queries over the reports of surging cases of mycoplasma pneumonia and influenza flu triggered the worldwide alert, including in India, China said the spike in respiratory diseases was due to an 'immunity gap'.
There has been no detection of any unusual or novel pathogens or unusual clinical presentations but only the aforementioned general increase in respiratory illnesses due to multiple known pathogens: Chinese health officials
Chinese state newspaper Global Times acknowledged a surge in respiratory disease, particularly among children.
China’s health authorities advised medical institutes to implement hierarchical medical diagnosis mechanisms to relieve medical pressure in major hospitals amidst a spike in respiratory diseases and pneumonia across the country, especially among children.