Several Republican senators this week called on President Joe Biden to implement a travel ban on China to stop a recent surge in pneumonia cases, including clusters reported in Ohio and Massachusetts.
Late last month, an alert was sent out about a rise in cases of childhood pneumonia in China, which sparked a call for transparency from the U.N. World Health Organization. Since then, cases of pediatric pneumonia have been found in several other countries, although it’s not clear if they’re linked.
