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Along with this, the stock market of pharmaceutical companies fluctuated at one time as news came out that a new variant of the corona virus spreading in China caused abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Our fact check team has confirmed whether such symptoms appear when you are really infected with a new mutation.



This is reporter Lee Kyung-won.



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Yesterday (3rd) in the stock market, the stock price of a pharmaceutical company that makes laxatives and antidiarrheals soared nearly 23% during the day.



It was right after the report on the hoarding of Chinese governors came out.



The situation where XBB has entered Korea, we need to fact check.



In fact, the team asked five domestic infection medicine experts a common question.



Whether XBB causes severe diarrhea and abdominal pain, the answer was the same.



It was 'not confirmed'.



Respiratory viruses, including corona, are originally accompanied by diarrhea symptoms.



20% chance.



Because of this, it is sometimes mistaken for enteritis.



However, XBB is also in the Omicron family, and Omicron sub-variants are said to have little difference in symptoms.



In particular, look at the United States, XBB infection cases reach 40%, but there is no such report, there is clearly no evidence to say that the severity is more severe.



[Shin Sang-yeop/KMI Korea Medical Research Institute specialist: There is nothing new.

These are the original symptoms, but I can tell you that there are no characteristic symptoms (according to any mutation).]



Rumors about the hoarding of anti-diarrheal agents started in an article in the Chinese media, 'China News Network', but in fact, when the team checked, they were afraid of symptoms of diarrhea. There was also a fact-checking article that said you don't have to.



Other rumors are also spreading.



Articles that were frequently floating around on social media today, XBB is five times more toxic than delta mutation, has a high mortality rate, and often comes out false even when tested.



Again, when I asked experts, I was concerned that the contagiousness was very high and that vaccines and treatments would not work, but the stories about toxicity or mortality were unfounded.



(Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa, CG: Seo Hyun-joong · Seong Jae-eun)