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North Korea is in a quandary after the Corona virus entered its territory. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized his staff for various problems that occurred during the handling of the pandemic.
As reported by AFP on Monday (16/5/2022), North Korean state media reported that more than 1 million people had contracted “fever.” In fact, Kim Jong-Un has ordered a national lockdown to slow the spread of Corona among people who are not vaccinated.
Kim Jong-Un reportedly “strongly criticized” North Korean health officials for what he called a “failed epidemic prevention response.” In particular, the failure of pharmacies to open 24 hours to distribute medicines.
As a result, Kim Jong-Un ordered the military to work ‘immediately stabilize the supply of medicine in Pyongyang.’ The country’s capital is where the Omicron variant was detected last week.
Since North Korea reported its first case of coronavirus, Kim Jong-Un has been at the center of the pandemic response. Oversees emergency Politburo meetings which are held almost daily. He called the emergence of the Corona outbreak in North Korea had triggered a “great upheaval”.
North Korea’s state news agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim Jong-Un attributed the failure to properly dispense drugs “because cabinet officials and the public health sector in charge of supply (drugs) don’t roll up their sleeves, don’t do it.” understand the current crisis correctly’.
According to KCNA, Kim Jong-Un, who has inspected local pharmacies, “strongly criticized the cabinet and the public health sector for their irresponsible working attitude”.
Kim Jong-Un was also said to have criticized irregularities in official legal oversight and observed “a number of negative phenomena in the handling and sale of drugs nationwide”.
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