Mask mandates will be enforced to enter the “patient areas” of New York City’s 11 public hospitals and all of the nursing homes and health clinics also run by the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation.
Taiwan's health ministry is urging its people who are elderly, very young, or with poor immunity to avoid traveling to China because of the uptick in respiratory illnesses in the country.
Influenza inoculations are lower among children and adults than last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that it has requested information from China regarding the increase in cases of respiratory diseases and increase in pneumonia among children.