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The CIA has reportedly removed its presumption main successful Vienna owed to handling "Havana syndrome" cases among U.S. unit astatine the Embassy successful Austria.
According to NPR and the Washington Post, the alleged removal came due to the fact that the apical serviceman did not enactment swiftly to reports of U.S. unit astatine the U.S. Embassy suffering symptoms from the mysterious illness.
The Post reported that the apical authoritative "had expressed skepticism astir the ailments" aft dozens, including diplomats, quality officers, and immoderate children, said symptoms.
The unwellness was fixed its sanction Havana syndrome successful 2016 aft U.S. diplomats and quality officers began reporting suffering headaches, vertigo, blurry vision, and encephalon injuries portion successful the Cuban capital.
An American tourer told EW Scripps portion visiting Cuba successful 2018 that they, too, experienced the improvement doubly portion lasting successful beforehand of a religion successful Havana.
"When it happened the archetypal time, it felt similar I had aerial unit successful my head, and it conscionable made maine dizzy," the tourer said, who spoke connected information of anonymity. "Going backmost to the aforesaid place, successful the aforesaid area, and experiencing it again to wherever it astir knocked maine over, due to the fact that I virtually grabbed onto something, and asked my question partner, 'did you consciousness that?' and helium said, 'no' and he's walking 2 to 3 feet up of me. I don't know. It was truly scary and precise mysterious. Luckily, I haven't had immoderate further symptoms."
According to the Associated Press, officials are investigating astir 200 incidents, fractional of which impact quality personnel.
News of the removal comes aft a U.S. quality serviceman suffered symptoms linked to Havana syndrome portion traveling with Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns successful India earlier this month.
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