We've been reporting from this desk for almost four years now on the COVID response and this

mysterious respiratory illness coming out of China and people think that's all over but a lot of

our viewers have alerted us and they really

wanted to report on something that is coming out of China again, a mysterious respiratory illness.

And if you haven't been looking at the news, it looks like this.

Another illness outbreak in China is sparking fears of a new pandemic threat.

Big concerns over another virus in China.

China is dealing with a surge in respiratory illness in children.

At hospital emergency rooms, the sick children just keep coming.

From toddlers to teens, mostly with respiratory infections, including pneumonia.

Now Chinese local media reported earlier that some hospitals in Northern China are at capacity

with young patients as clusters of what was originally reported as undiagnosed pneumonia have been on the rise since last month.

The headlines here about a respiratory disease outbreak triggered alarm bells

and prompted the World Health Organization to ask Chinese authorities for answers.

Ohio is now the first state in the nation to report an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia cases.

Doctors say the white lung syndrome is similar to the respiratory illnesses already sweeping China and parts of Europe.

In Warren County, north of Cincinnati, health officials have declared an outbreak of pneumonia in children.

They say 145 kids have been diagnosed

with the respiratory infection since August.

And I'm sure we're going to hear about cases

of kind of overcrowded pediatric emergency rooms around the country.

The director of the CDC believes this mysterious illness is not new or novel,

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