In North Korea, the number of deaths after “fever symptoms” rose to a total of 42 on Sunday. A few days ago, the country made the first official report of a corona virus infection. Strict emergency measures are now being implemented to contain the outbreak, state news agency reports KCNA.
In total, North Korea has more than 820,000 cases of people with mysterious fever symptoms on Sunday, more than 300,000 of whom are being treated medically, reports the KCNA.
Several countries have offered to supply vaccines, but Pyongyang does not appear to be responding to this for the time being.
North Korea has been in full lockdown since the morning of May 12. There would also be a large-scale testing, reports KCNA† According to experts, the health care system in the country is not at all prepared for a corona outbreak. For example, there is no massive testing capacity, which means that many people with a fever cannot be tested for corona. Also, as far as is known, no one has been vaccinated, “except perhaps a few members of the elite”, Korea expert Casper van der Veen told NU.nl.
North Korea has maintained for two years that no one in the country had contracted the virus. That claim is widely doubted.
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