Government dismisses reports linking AIIMS cases to China's pneumonia surge

The Centre has debunked media reports linking seven bacterial cases found at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to the recent increase in pneumonia cases in China. It labeled such reports as "misleading and ill-informed." Officials clarified that these cases are unrelated to the global rise in respiratory infections among children, including in China. The seven cases were discovered during a study at AIIMS Delhi between April and September 2023 and are not cause for alarm, it said.