US gov't worker reports "abnormal" sound, pressure in China
The U.S. Embassy in China issued a health alert Wednesday to all government workers after an employee showed signs of a brain injury after hearing "abnormal" sounds and feeling unusual physical pressure.
Emily Rauhala, the Washington Post's China correspondent reported that the State Department confirmed the embassy employee had been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, which USA officials in Cuba also experienced.
The embassy, which issued a health alert to Americans living in China, said it could not link the case to health issues suffered by USA government staff in Cuba dating back to late 2016.
In Cuba previous year, the U.S. disclosed that 24 diplomats and their family members had fallen victim to an unsolved mysterious attack that left them with injuries resembling brain trauma. "The clinical findings of this evaluation matched mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)", the embassy said.
"Instead, move to a location where the sounds are not present". At least two Canadians were also affected.
Embassy spokeswoman Jinnie Lee said the employee reported the symptoms beginning late past year and they lasted through April.
A US Diplomatic official told CNN the State Department "is looking into whether this is a sonic attack, similar to what happened in Cuba".
The employee was sent to the United States for evaluation and treatment.
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CNN has reached out to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs but has not yet received a response on this matter.
The State Department was taking the incident very seriously and working to determine the cause and impact, the embassy said.
"We can not at this time connect it with what happened in Havana but we are investigating all possibilities", a U.S. embassy official in Beijing told AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
Charles Rosenfarb, a doctor and director of the State Department bureau of medical services, said the symptoms were mixed but consistent with brain trauma. Symptoms included headaches and hearing loss. Officials believe some type of sonic weapon may have been used.
At the time Rex Tillerson, the former US State Secretary of State, said the symptoms resulted from "targeted attacks" but he did not specify who may have been behind them.
The cause of those incidents remains unresolved.
The employee at the U.S. Consulate in the southeastern Chinese city of Guangzhou has been left with mild traumatic brain injury, U.S. officials tell CBS News.
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