36-Year-Old Chinese Financial Journalist Dies Four Days After Falling Ill With Fever

Patients on stretchers are seen at Tongren hospital in Shanghai on Jan. 3, 2023. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Luo Qi, a well-known journalist, died after an illness in December of last year, her mother said in a statement.

The death of Ms. Luo, 36, came as an outbreak of pneumonia struck a large number of Chinese, including children, in recent months, overwhelming hospitals and recalling memories of COVID outbreaks.