New Pneumonia With "Much Higher Fatality Rate Than COVID" Discovered In Kazakhstan, China Says
On Thursday, the Global Times reported that a new form of pneumonia had been discovered in Kazakhstan that is even more deadly than SARS-CoV-2. The report was couched in the form of a "travel warning" issued by Beijing's embassy in Astana (yes, we know that's no longer the city's official name).
According to the report, this new disease, which is of unknown origin, had a "much higher" fatality rate than COVID-19, which has infected more than 50,000 people in the country.
The Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan on Thursday warned Chinese citizens living in the country of a local pneumonia of unknown cause, which local media reported has a "much higher" fatality rate than COVID-19.
The unknown pneumonia in Kazakhstan caused 1,772 deaths in the first six months of the year, including 628 people in June alone, including Chinese citizens, the embassy said in a statement on its WeChat platform on Thursday, citing Kazakh media reports.
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