Washington:
A CIA officer who was touring with company director William Burns to India this month reported signs in line with Havana syndrome, CNN and the New York Occasions reported on Monday.
The sufferer, who was not recognized, needed to obtain medical consideration, CNN reported, citing unnamed sources.
Some 200 U.S. officers and relations have been sickened by Havana syndrome, a mysterious set of illnesses that embody migraines, nausea, reminiscence lapses and dizziness. It was first reported by officers primarily based within the U.S. embassy in Cuba in 2016.
A CIA spokesperson stated in an announcement to Reuters the company doesn’t touch upon particular incidents or officers. “We now have protocols in place for when people report doable anomalous well being incidents that embody receiving acceptable medical therapy,” the spokesperson stated.
Final month, Vice President Kamala Harris delayed her arrival to Hanoi for 3 hours after the U.S. embassy there stated somebody had reported a well being incident in line with Havana syndrome.
Burns stated in July he had tapped a senior officer who as soon as led the hunt for Osama bin Laden to move a job pressure investigating the syndrome.
A U.S. Nationwide Academy of Sciences panel discovered that probably the most believable principle is that “directed, pulsed radio frequency power” causes the syndrome.
Burns has stated there’s a “very robust chance” that the syndrome is deliberately brought about and that Russia might be accountable.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)