Ohio has become the first U.S. state to report an outbreak of pneumonia resembling the one observed in China, with an ‘extremely high’ number of children being diagnosed.
Health officials in Warren County, located 30 miles north of Cincinnati, disclosed that there have been 142 pediatric cases of the condition, referred to as ‘white lung syndrome,’ since August.
The county’s health department stated on Wednesday that the incidence is not only higher than the county average but also meets the Ohio Department of Health’s definition of an outbreak.