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According to the Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan, “the death rate from this disease is much higher than that of the new coronavirus.” In addition, the embassy report to Chinese living in Kazakhstan states that the country’s health authorities are conducting a comparative study, but have not yet identified a new virus.
Although the Chinese embassy described the disease as an “unknown lung disease,” Kazakh officials and the media report that it is simply pneumonia.
It is unclear why the Chinese embassy described the disease as “unknown” and if it has any information about it.
According to local media, the embassy’s website claims that a significant jump in pneumonia has been observed since mid-June in Atyrau and Aktobe provinces and in Shymkent.
Last month, state authorities warned of a jump in pneumonia cases.
The distance between the administrative center of Shymkent and Atyrau is 1,500 kilometers, and between the centers of Atyrau and Aktobe it is about 300 kilometers.
According to the Chinese embassy, so far 500 cases of pneumonia have been reported in these areas, with more than 30 people in critical condition.
In the first half of this year, 1,772 people died of pneumonia in the country, of which 628 died in June. Some of the dead were Chinese citizens.
Saulė Kisikova, head of the Nursultan health department in the capital of Kazakhstan, told the Kazinform news agency that about 300 people are hospitalized every day due to lung and respiratory problems.
According to the agency, in June there were 17,000 cases of pneumonia across the country, double the number in the same month last year.
On March 16 an emergency situation was declared in Kazakhstan due to the spread of the coronavirus. The quarantine was lifted on May 11, but some measures and restrictions were reintroduced in various areas in response to the jump in the number of lung and respiratory diseases.
Kazakhstan President Kasymas Zhomart Tokayev said in a televised address to the nation that the situation is still dire and that it is still too early to release the restrictions. He added that the country faces a second wave of COVID-19.
AFP / Scanpix photo / Žomartas Tokajevas Collection
On Tuesday of this week, according to the Chinese embassy, the number of COVID-19 cases in Kazakhstan was reported to have reached nearly 50,000, and more than 250 people died.
Last month, state authorities warned of a jump in pneumonia cases. Kisikova said doctors register about 600 people a day experiencing pneumonia symptoms, compared to 80 a day before the coronavirus pandemic began.
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