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North Korea reports zero infections after COVID-19 outbreak

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Mexico City / 30.07.2022 06:38:02

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North Korea reported on Saturday zero cases of “fever” for the first time since May, when he confirmed his first cases of COVID-19. “No new patients with fever were reported“In the 24 hours since Thursday night, the state reportedl Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The country has maintained a rigid coronavirus lockdown since the start of the pandemic, but experts pointed out that with the great buds of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in neighboring countries, it was a matter of time before North Korea I had infections.

The country recorded almost 4.8 million infections since Mayaccording to KCNA, and “99.994%” recoveredwith solo 204 patients still with treatment.

Apparently due to Lack of evidence, North Korea refers to “fever patients” instead of “covid-19in your reports.

Population not vaccinated against COVID-19

Pyongyang ad his first case of the coronavirus on May 12 and activated a “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system”, and the leader Kim Jong Un took the lead in the government response.

The North Korean populationof some 25 million people, is not vaccinated and the government rejected the vaccines offered by the World Health Organization (WHO).


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