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Lines Form At Morgue As Kazakhstan Dismisses Chinese 'Fake News' About Deadly 'Unknown Pneumonia'


Lines Form At Morgue As Kazakhstan Dismisses Chinese 'Fake News' About Deadly 'Unknown Pneumonia'
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Desperate relatives are waiting in line for hours for an overwhelmed Kazakh morgue to release the bodies of their loved ones, raising questions about the country's COVID-19 data. Official statistics show hundreds of deaths related to COVID-19 and more than 1,000 dead from "pneumonia." But Chinese news reports about a form of pneumonia in Kazakhstan that is deadlier than the coronavirus have been dismissed by the Kazakh Health Ministry as "fake news."

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