Another 15 dead from “fever” in North Korea after declaring coronavirus outbreak

North Korea reported 15 more deaths from “fever” this Sunday, three days after the country recently announced its first outbreak of covid-19, the official KCNA agency said.

According to KCNA, 42 people have died to date, 820,620 cases of fever and at least 324,550 people are receiving medical treatment.

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The North Korean leader Kim Jong Unsaid on Saturday that the epidemic caused “major turbulence” in the country.

KCNA reported that “all provinces, cities and towns of the The country had been completely confined and the units of work, production and residence had been isolated from each other.

Despite having activatedits maximum emergency quarantine system” to stop the expansion of the outbreak among its population, not vaccinated, Korea of the North registers a high number of daily infections.

On Thursday, the isolated communist regime said they had detected infection with the omicron subvariant BA.2 of the virus in several patients with fever and ordered a nationwide lockdown.

Those were the first cases officially confirmed by Pyongyang, which had imposed a self-imposed blockade with the outside world in early 2020 that sank the economy and trade.

Korea of the North It has a weak health system, without anticovid vaccines, antiviral drugs or massive testing capacity, experts say.

According to KCNA, 42 people have died to date, 820,620 cases of fever have been recorded, and at least 324,550 people are receiving medical treatment.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the epidemic caused “major turbulence” in the country.

KCNA reported that “all the provinces, cities and towns in the country had been completely confined and the units of work, production and residence had been isolated from each other.”

Despite having activated “your maximum emergency quarantine system” to stop the expansion of the outbreak among its population, not vaccinated, Korea of the North registers a high number of daily infections.

On Thursday, the isolated communist regime said they had detected the infection with the BA.2 subvariant of omicron of the virus in several patients with fever and ordered a nationwide lockdown.

Those were the first cases officially confirmed by Pyongyang, which had imposed a self-imposed blockade with the outside world in early 2020 that sank the economy and trade.

Korea of the North It has a weak health system, without anticovid vaccines, antiviral drugs or massive testing capacity, experts say.

According to KCNA, 42 people have died to date, 820,620 cases of fever and at least 324,550 people are receiving medical treatment.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the epidemic caused “big turbulence” in the country.

KCNA reported that “All the provinces, cities and towns in the country had been completely confined and the units of work, production and residence had been isolated from each other.”

Despite having activatedits maximum emergency quarantine system” to stop the expansion of outbreak among its population, not vaccinated, Korea of the North registers a high number of daily infections.

On Thursday, the isolated communist regime said they had detected infection with the omicron subvariant BA.2 of the virus in several patients with fever and ordered a nationwide lockdown.

Those were the first cases officially confirmed by Pyongyang, which had imposed a self-imposed blockade with the outside world in early 2020 that sank the economy and trade.

Korea of the North It has a weak health system, without anticovid vaccines, antiviral drugs or massive testing capacity, experts say.

Source: Elcomercio

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