China provided the World Health Organization with data on a pneumonia outbreak among children in the country after the agency made an unusual public request for the informationâa gesture that renewed questions about Beijingâs transparency on public health.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO said it asked Beijing for detailed information on reported âclusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,â including âadditional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory resultsâ related to the infections.