China's embassy in Kazakhstan has warned its citizens to take precautions against an outbreak of pneumonia in the country that it says is more lethal than COVID-19.
In a statement on its official WeChat account, the embassy said there had been a "significant increase" in cases in the cities of Atyrau, Aktobe and Shymkent since mid-June. The disease's mortality rate "is much higher than that of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus", it said, noting pneumonia in Kazakhstan had killed 1,772 people in the first half of the year, with 628 deaths in June alone. The deaths included that of Chinese citizens.
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