- Chinese officials claim that the nearby country of Kazakhstan is handling a break out of a brand-new infection that’s even deadlier than the novel coronavirus.
- Kazakhstan officials state there is no brand-new infection, though the nation is dealing with a spike in COVID-19 cases.
- China’s handling of COVID-19 news has been sketchy considering that the early days of the pandemic, and it’s uncertain why the country is making the claims.
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic still raving across the globe, the last thing we need is another new virus that is even more fatal. Regrettably, that’s what recently turned up in Kazakhstan, at least according to Chinese health authorities. The initial reports sounded quite alarming, with the brand-new “unidentified pneumonia” bring a greater death rate than COVID-19, and cases piling up rapidly.
It was extremely, really bad news China hasn’t backed down on its preliminary claims and insists that its next-door neighbor is dealing with something very serious.
Kazakhstan entered into lockdown in mid-March over the coronavirus pandemic. It enacted a number of the very same constraints we’ve seen worldwide, and cases of COVID-19 started to pattern downward. The nation made the decision to “reopen,” or lift a number of the lockdown constraints in early May. Recently, the infection rate has started to trend upward once again.
Roughly 2 weeks ago, authorities reported almost 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, which is a record for the nation. The government has called this the “second wave,” and it’s comparable to what lots of other nations, consisting of the United States, are presently battling, however whether there is a new virus running rampant in the nation is still unclear.
Kazakhstan authorities have kept in mind a substantial spike in pneumonia in the nation, and as all of us understand, COVID-19 emerged as an unknown pneumonia in China prior to it was isolated and named. There’s no genuine proof that the disease is anything other than a mix of seasonal illness and undiagnosed COVID-19 infections, so it’s odd that China would immediately jump to stating that a new virus was on the loose.
Or, possibly it’s not so odd. China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been intriguing, to state the least. The nation has actually kept a great deal of information about the pandemic and its procedure of fighting it from the general public. Reports out of China suggest that the situation in some locations was much, much worse than Chinese officials were claiming, so possibly it’s not a stretch to think that China was eager to draw attention far from itself by claiming that a brand-new virus in a different nation was even more of an issue.
Whatever the case, it’s now been over a month since China made its initial claims, and Kazakhstan has yet to report the emergence of anything besides an increase in COVID-19 cases. If there really was a brand-new virus in the country that was even worse than the unique coronavirus, it’s sure taking its time.
Mike Wehner has reported on technology and video games for the past decade, covering breaking news and trends in VR, wearables, smart devices, and future tech.
Most just recently, Mike worked as Tech Editor at The Daily Dot, and has been featured in USA Today, Time.com, and many other web and print outlets. His love of.
reporting is second just to his video gaming addiction.
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