COVID-19," state-run Global Times quoted the embassy's statement on Friday.Many organisations including Kazakhstan's health department are studying the "virus of this pneumonia", the embassy said.There has not been any indication whether this disease is related to the COVID-19.Some Chinese experts said that measures should be taken to prevent the pneumonia from spreading into China.Kazakhstan borders China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The embassy is reminding the Chinese citizens in Kazakhstan to raise their awareness of measures to prevent the spread of the virus.It quoted local media as saying that since mid-June, almost 500 people have been infected with the pneumonia in three regions of Kazakhstan.Kazakhstan's healthcare.