Beijing, WHO discuss rising respiratory infections in China

China on Friday said it held a virtual meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss the recent spike in respiratory infectious diseases.

The country's National Health Commission said the rising infections are caused by known infectious agents, according to the Beijing-based daily Global Times.

Children's hospitals in the capital Beijing and northern Liaoning are overwhelmed with "undetermined" pneumonia-like cases believed to have originated from bacterial infections.

WHO had sought details from China regarding the undiagnosed pneumonia cases among children.