* Statement from embassy warns that death rate is ‘much higher’ than coronavirus and says local authorities have yet to identify cause
* Kazakh authorities have reimposed Covid-19 lockdown in some parts of the country amid a spike in pneumonia cases last month
The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has warned of a deadly “unknown pneumonia” after the former Soviet republic reported a spike in pneumonia cases since June.
“The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus. The country’s health departments are conducting comparative research into the pneumonia virus, but have yet to identify the virus,” the embassy said in a warning to Chinese citizens in the country.
While the Chinese embassy described the illness as an “unknown pneumonia”, Kazakhstani officials and media have only said it is pneumonia.
It was not clear why the Chinese embassy had described the illness as “unknown” or what information it had about the pneumonia.
The embassy’s website, citing local media reports, said the provinces of Atyrau and Aktobe and the city of Shymkent have reported significant spikes in pneumonia cases since the middle of June.
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WNU Editor: Some Russian media outlets are also reporting on this story. No news from WHO or any other international news agency on this outbreak.
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