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Doctors warn that the Lunar New Year holiday is also the peak period for flu, pneumonia and other diseases. They encourage extra precautions, including vaccinations, masks and frequent hand washing. This baby has a fever and runny nose as his parents rush him to the hospital. They fear he has the flu as well as a pneumococcal infection.Doctors point out that pneumococcus serotype A19 easily spreads to children under the age of 5, with symptoms such as a high fever, difficulty breathing and coughing. In serious cases it can cause pneumonia. In March, publicly funded pneumococcal vaccinations will begin, but many doctors worry that a flu outbreak could lead to a pneumococcal epidemic as early as Lunar New Year.Huang Li-minNTU Pediatric Infectious Diseases The flu and pneumococcus often occur