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Barbados health ministry addresses concerns over alleged respiratory outbreak in China

Barbados health authorities say they have no credible information suggesting an outbreak of respiratory illness in China involving various viruses, including Human Metapneumovirus.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, responding to concerns being raised nationally, said that the Ministry of Health and Wellness has received no reports from the Pan American Health Organisation or the World Health Organisation to support the claims of an unusual increase in respiratory illness in China.



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