Chinese In Kazakhstan Are Warned About Novel Pneumonia Deadlier Than Coronavirus

Early this morning, Reuters reported that Chinese people in Kazakhstan were informed by their embassy about an outbreak of novel pneumonia in this country. More seriously, China’s embassy also warned that this pneumonia has a higher mortality rate than coronavirus.

Till date, Covid-19 has caused around 570,000 deaths with more than 12 million confirmed cases in the world. And now, China is saying there emerges a novel pneumonia that is deadlier than coronavirus?

Reports have it that in their official statement on WeChat yesterday, they recorded a ‘significant increase’ in the number of this pneumonia in Kazakhstan cities such as Atyrau, Shymkent or Aktobe from the middle of June.

They also announced that this pneumonia had caused 1,772 people in Kazakhstan to death while 628 patients lost their lives in June only, including Chinese people residing here.

China’s embassy confirmed the mortality rate of this pneumonia is ‘much higher’ than that of Covid-19 but they didn’t clarify whether the two diseases are linked to each other or not. They just say the Kazakhstan’s health ministry and institutions are carrying research onto the pneumonia.

There isn’t any information further on the novel pneumonia mentioned in the announcement, whether it’s an independent type of virus or a coronavirus mutation.

Earlier on Tuesday, a report on Kazakhstan state news agency said that the number of pneumonia cases in this country showed a 2.2 times increase in June compared to the same period of last year. This is not included in the number of Covid-19 confirmed cases which has exceeded 50,000 people.

Kazakhstan foreign ministry as well as other government bodies of this country hasn’t responded to the announcement from China’s embassy.

However, in the context of various diseases found at once, people should be extremely careful to protect their own lives. For these respiratory diseases, people can reduce the risk of contracting virus by wearing mask, maintaining proper distance with others in public places and regularly washing hands with soap throughout the day.

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