North Korea was reported to have again tightened repression and control over its residents, increasing the risk of infectious diseases caused by seasonal changes.
According to a source in the Daily NK North Hamgyeong-do on the 10th, 1st of this month, North Korea issued an order to emergency quarantine agencies at various levels to strictly follow seasonal emergency quarantine measures.
In this directive, North Korea said: “The number of infected people is increasing rapidly as new variants with stronger transmission and immune evasion are appearing again from around the world.” It will be conducted at least 3 times a week “.
He also said: “Emergency quarantine agencies at every level must completely block the influx of new mutated viruses by sealing the entire border, border, coast and air with the most leaks,” he said. “We need to focus on suppressing the simultaneous infection with the circulatory virus,” she said.
As a result, North Hamgyeong Province Emergency Quarantine Agency is known to have tightened its crackdown on the movement of residents and border access under the pretext of preventing and blocking the source of the virus in border areas, including referred to as Hoeryong-si and Musan- gun.
In particular, the province of North Hamgyong checks the fever status for residents of the border area at least three times a day, and those who fall are required to report it to security agencies and security agencies.
However, residents are said to be dissatisfied with this, saying it is actually monitoring and controlling every move under the pretext of emergency quarantine.
In fact, the source said some Musan-gun residents are expressing their blatant dissatisfaction, such as “I don’t know how long, not even a day or two, that the crown will make you tired as an excuse” and “Will you drain us all? “
A source said: “It is natural for residents to be angry at the plight of residents who have been struggling with their livelihoods due to border closures for over two and a half years.
He said: “There are no practical measures to prevent and cure a new mutant virus or circulatory cold and only intimidating orders are issued every day.”
