North Korea: New Coronavirus crisis on the rise

Its principles North Korea announced today (17/5) six more deaths “from fever”, broadcasts the official news agency KCNA, a few twenty-four hours after the official outbreak of the new pandemic was officially confirmed coronavirus, which is thought to be due to a sub-variant of Omicron. At the same time, another 269,510 people showed symptoms of “fever”, according to the same imgs.

According to the KCNA, The death toll from the outbreak has so far reached 56 deaths out of a total of 1,483,060 patients with “fever”, while 663,910 people are being treated. It is not clear how many of them have actually been infected with SARS-CoV-2, as Pyongyang does not have the means to conduct mass tests.

The agency also reported that the North Korean army medical staff had deployed forces “in all Pyongyang pharmacies” and began “supplying medicines”.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent some kits to the isolated country, but has not specified what kind of preparations they contain. China and South Korea have offered to help if the North Korean government so requests..

Authorities seem to be dealing with cases of COVID-19 infection for the time being using antibiotics while state media suggest “traditional” therapies. Experts point out that although the country has a large number of doctors and experience in dealing with health crises, its health system is facing a worryingly severe shortage of reimgs and reimgs, and whether North Korea will accept its neighbors’ offer of help remains to be seen.

Source: News Beast

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