By Te-Ping Chen
The U.S. embassy in Beijing. The three Americans sent home for medical reasons are thought to be the first in the Chinese capital to have been affected by so-called "health" attacks.
BEIJING—The U.S. has evacuated at least three Americans from Beijing after they reported unusual health symptoms, in the latest evacuations since unexplained "health" incidents first affected U.S. diplomatic personnel stationed in Cuba in 2016.
In a U.S. Embassy meeting on Tuesday, staff were told that the latest people evacuated, as with previous cases, were sent for further medical evaluation to the University of Pennsylvania, a person familiar with the matter said.
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing didn’t immediately comment.
At the embassy meeting, the affected individuals weren’t identified by name, and it wasn’t made clear whether they were diplomatic personnel or family members.
The latest cases are believed to be the first from Beijing.
The latest cases are believed to be the first from Beijing.
At least a dozen Americans have now been evacuated from China, the only other country besides Cuba where the unexplained health incidents are known to have struck U.S. government personnel.
Symptoms include headaches, sleep impairment and various cognitive issues; the State Department has said the cause is unclear and has described the incidents as “health attacks.”
To date, the State Department has reported one case of a U.S. government employee previously based in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou who was confirmed to have suffered symptoms consistent with those of U.S. workers stationed in Havana.
The employee was evacuated earlier this spring, and more than half a dozen other evacuations of Americans connected to the Guangzhou consulate have followed for reasons that include unrelated medical issues discovered in the course of medical screenings, the person familiar with the situation said.
More than 280 U.S. diplomatic staff and family members have now undergone medical screenings in China, the person said.
Symptoms include headaches, sleep impairment and various cognitive issues; the State Department has said the cause is unclear and has described the incidents as “health attacks.”
To date, the State Department has reported one case of a U.S. government employee previously based in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou who was confirmed to have suffered symptoms consistent with those of U.S. workers stationed in Havana.
The employee was evacuated earlier this spring, and more than half a dozen other evacuations of Americans connected to the Guangzhou consulate have followed for reasons that include unrelated medical issues discovered in the course of medical screenings, the person familiar with the situation said.
More than 280 U.S. diplomatic staff and family members have now undergone medical screenings in China, the person said.
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