North Korea announced its first official death since Govt-19 on Friday, saying the virus had already spread across the country and tens of thousands of people had been “isolated and treated”.
The country recorded the first cases of the corona virus on Thursday, and on Friday, the official North Korean agency (KCNA) leader Kim Jong Un visited the National Headquarters for Epidemic Prevention, where he “learned about the spread of Govt-19”. Territory, then revealed it Six people died of the new “flu” In the country.
KCNA reports that one in six people with the “flu” test positive for Omigran’s BA.2 subtype.
“Further In a short time 350,000 people contracted the flu At least 162,200 of them have fully recovered, ”the same source said.
“On May 12 alone,” about 18,000 people across the country showed signs and “187,800 are being isolated and receiving treatment“, He added.
None of the country’s 25 million people have been vaccinated against the corona virus, and Pyongyang has rejected vaccine offers from the World Health Organization, China and Russia.
Kim Jong Un, who first appeared on television wearing a mask, chaired an emergency Politburo meeting on Thursday on the epidemic situation.
The North Korean leader has ordered the spread of the virus. “This is the most important challenge and the most important task facing our party in rapidly reversing this health crisis situation,” KCNA wrote.
North Korea, one of the first countries in the world to close its borders in January 2020 after the virus appeared in neighboring China, has long been proud of its ability to contain the virus, and has not yet said no. Covid-19 cases have been confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO representative for North Korea said Friday that the organization had helped Pyongyang develop a vaccine program earlier this year.
In South Korea, the new government of President Eun-suk-yol has provided vaccines to North Korea, however, noting that it has not yet discussed this with Pyongyang.
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