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North Korea reports new suspected cases of COVID-19 after declaring victory over pandemic

Kim Jong-un declared “victory” over COVID-19 and ordered the lifting of anti-epidemic measures. | Font: AFP

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North Korea announced today the identification of four possible cases of COVID-19 in the north-east of the country, just two weeks after the introduction of the regime Kim Chen In announced his “victory” over the coronavirus.

Four people with “fever” (the regime’s term for potential cases given their lack of testing capacity) live in the province Ryangannear the border with Chinaaccording to the government agency CTAC with reference to the National Center for Epidemic Prevention.

“The State Anti-Epidemic Prevention Headquarters and the relevant emergency epidemic prevention units immediately restricted the area where cases of fever were detected,” the statement from CTAC without adding more details about the exact location of the possible outbreak.

“At the same time, mobile anti-epidemic teams and rapid diagnosis and treatment teams were urgently mobilized to conduct nucleic acid tests and genetic sequence analysis for suspected cases, while measures are being taken to investigate the causes of this outbreak of fever,” the department added. . text.

The text states that the movement of people in the affected area will be prohibited until the source of the fever outbreak is “investigated and confirmed.”

Victory over the coronavirus?

August 10 North Korean leader Kim Chen Indeclared “victory” over COVID-19 and ordered the lifting of the most stringent anti-epidemic measures three months after the first case of coronavirus was officially identified in the country since the start of the pandemic.

The regime guarantees that during this period, about 4.7 million people (almost 20% of the country’s population) fell ill with a fever and just over 70 people died, data that is completely inconsistent with the development of the pandemic in other countries and experts believe that a significant proportion of suspected cases may be associated with typhoid fever.

CTAC assured today that “there were no infected with a malignant epidemic since the elimination of the spread of the malignant virus in the country” on August 10. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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