From The South China Morning Post
Story published on – published on 3 July 2020
https://www.kazpravda.kz/en/news/society/628-kazakhstanis-died-of-pneumonia-in-june
Post that started me looking into this “Unknown Pneumonia’ today that I shared a short time ago. It was a warning to Chinese Citizens in Kazakhstan (several whom have died from this “Unknown Pneumonia”. Somehow the South China Morning Post got a hold of the warning and published it today.
‘Unknown pneumonia’ deadlier than coronavirus sweeping Kazakhstan, Chinese embassy warns | South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/print/news/china/diplomacy/article/3092563/chinese-embassy-warns-deadly-unknown-pneumonia-kazakhstan
The first news reports I could find about this came from Reuters on 25 June 2020 and republished by The National Post on the same day.
Kazakh capital reports surge in pneumonia cases – Reuters
https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-idINKBN23W0MR
Also from Reuters on 25 June 2020
Kazakh health minister resigns amid coronavirus crisis – Reuters
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kazakhstan/kazakh-capital-reports-surge-in-pneumonia-cases-idUKKBN23W1NT
Since the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan formally announced this “Unknown Pneumonia” today, several blogs/specific sites have begun investigating this disease:
Community Acquired Pneumonia – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and environs. – FluTrackers News and Information
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/876510-community-acquired-pneumonia-kazakhstan-and-kyrgyzstan-and-environs
A very little more on Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan ‘pneumonia’ – H5N1
July 09, 2020 https://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/
It seems to still be up in the air on what this “Unknown Pneumonia” as the Embassy reports a higher death rate from it than the novel coronavirus. (Covid-19)
Kazakhstan had declared a State Of Emergency for Covid on March 16, 2020 but it was lifted on May 11, 2020
Since it was a “warning” to Chinese Citizens and NOT the World in general, how is the World going to view yet another disease coming out of Chinese controlled areas that is killing people and the Chinese have NOT reported it to anyone but their own Citizens as of yet?
Not predicting another Wuhan/SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 YET but it will be interesting.
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