Flight of the United States Vice-President, Kamala Harris, was delayed for several hours on Tuesday over a suspected case of ‘Havana Syndrome’.
Gatekeepers News reports that Harris was in Singapore ahead of her visit to Vietnam at the time of the incident in Hanoi. It was not immediately clear who was affected.
According to reports, the incident in the Vietnamese capital is similar to previous incidents of Havana syndrome reported elsewhere.
US State Department, in a statement, said Harris’s departure from Singapore to Hanoi was delayed after reports of a “possible anomalous health incident” there.
The U.S department said that “after careful assessment”, Harris and her delegation decided to continue the trip to Hanoi, where she has now arrived
Havana Syndrome was first reported in Cuba in 2016 and other cases have been reported in another part of the world, including China and, last month, Austria.
The Syndrome first affected people at the US and Canadian embassies in Havana in 2016 and 2017. It may be caused by directed microwave radiation.
CBS News quoted a senior official as saying that at least one official had to be medically evacuated over the weekend, adding that Tuesday’s incident was not the first case of Havana syndrome reported in Vietnam.
Also, two officials were reportedly evacuated after “acoustic” incidents were reported in the homes of two US diplomats.
Gatekeepers News gathered that Hundreds of US diplomats, spies and other personnel have fallen ill with symptoms including ear ringing, nausea, and severe headaches.
