2023-12-01 08:30:00
Cases of unknown pneumonia have been reported in many countries. Among them, the situation in Denmark has turned into an epidemic. The authorities pointed out that related cases are widespread across the country. The pneumonia epidemic across Europe is also on the rise, and some experts have warned that we should prepare for the worst.
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The Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Denmark’s infectious disease authority, said on Wednesday (November 29) that the current number of mycoplasma pneumonia cases in Denmark is high enough to be classified as an epidemic.
Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, a senior researcher at the agency, described the number of cases as significantly higher than normal. Waves of mycoplasma infections are occurring across the country. The disease is common among schoolchildren aged 6 to 12 years old, because its main impact has not yet been established. immune population.
In the Netherlands, 80 out of every 100,000 children aged 5 to 14 were infected with pneumonia last week, making it the largest childhood pneumonia epidemic in recent years.
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British media quoted infectious disease expert Joseph Ambani as saying that the mycoplasma pneumonia epidemic is worrying and that Europe’s medical system needs to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Ambani pointed out that if the virus currently spreading on a large scale is a new type of virus, it may be more virulent. Because pneumonia symptoms are more severe in the elderly, the new virus may pose a greater threat to Europe, which has a severely aging population.
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