US State Department evacuates 11 diplomats from China with symptoms of a mysterious illness
The US State Department has evacuated at least 11 of its diplomats from China after they were struck by a mysterious illness, details of which were reported by The New York Times.
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| The US State Department has evacuated 11 diplomats from China. Photo AFP |
According to the newspaper, all the patients reported to doctors that they experienced strange sensations in their bodies and heard unusual sounds. The symptoms, the newspaper notes, are similar to the consequences of the so-called "sonic attack" that Washington claims previously affected US diplomats in Cuba.
Eight Americans worked at the consulate in Guangzhou, one at the consulate in Shanghai and two at the embassy in Beijing, according to a US official who spoke to The New York Times on condition of anonymity.
The health problems of US diplomats in China began in April, the newspaper added. Official US officials in China declined to comment on the information or did not respond to requests from the newspaper.
The only official information given by the US State Department in a very reasonable manner, said that "some employees and their family members were sent back to the United States until the incident is clarified".
