Kazakhstan: Chinese officials warn of new 'unknown pneumonia' that is deadlier than coronavirus

[mfcorey1]

A new "unknown pneumonia" that is potentially deadlier than the novel coronavirus has reportedly killed more than 1,700 people this year in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, according to a warning issued by Chinese officials Thursday.

"Kazakhstani Health Department and other agencies are conducting comparative research and have not defined the nature of the pneumonia virus," said the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan in a statement to its citizens there.
New cases of the unidentified pneumonia have been increasing significantly since mid-June across the country, said the embassy, adding that in some places, authorities are reporting hundreds of new cases a day.

The rise has so far been concentrated in the regions of Atyrau, Aktobe and Shymkent, which together have almost 500 new cases and more than 30 critically ill patients, said the embassy statement, citing local media.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kazakhstan-chinese-officials-warn-of-new-unknown-pneumonia-that-is-deadlier-than-coronavirus/ar-BB16yZ3C?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

[Wounded Bear]

1. Just what the world needs, another plague...

[robbob]

2. Good thing tRump pulled out of the WHO

🙄

[raccoon]

3. Well, let's just tell the Chinese to stop testing for it. NT

[pazzyanne]

10. Yah, that will do it!

[denem]

4. Denied by Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan denies Chinese reports of pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/kazakhstan-denies-chinese-reports-of-pneumonia-deadlier-than-covid-19-20200710-p55b0z.html

[LisaL]

12. Nothing to worry about. It's just covid.

[krispos42]

5. The Aztecs were off by 8 years

I'm waiting for a tiny extra-solar black hole to smack into us before the year ends

[JHB]

6. Mayans

[krispos42]

14. Man, the Aztecs even got the name of the calendar wrong!

[Mercurian]

7. The Maya never said

that the world would end in 2012. That's a Hollywood thing. They did predict it would enter a cycle of chaos and unrest..and they were right on the money.

[w0nderer]

8. knr to keep eye on n/t

[James48]

9. Let me guess...

Is the next thing “ANTHRAX AUGUST”?

[ucrdem]

11. Humans are the new bees

and masks are the new normal, sigh...

[NewJeffCT]

13. Good thing Donny has retreated from US global leadership on these issues

and left hundreds of positions unfilled at CDC