Korean Central News Agency or KCNA reported that in the morning of May 16, North Korea’s health ministry released the number of deaths from fever. The number of people suspected to have died of COVID-19 in the 24-hour period until 4:00 PM on May 15, resulting in the number of suspected deaths from COVID-19. -19 Added to 50, while the number of infected 392,920 more, the cumulative number of cases is more than 1.2 million.
However, the number of patients and deaths due to fever has increased dramatically. It happened amid the heavy spread of COVID-19. North Korean authorities have yet to confirm the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. all now After North Korean government media reported a case of COVID-19 the country’s first in Pyongyang on May 12
Earlier, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced a nationwide lockdown. along with pointing out that This is a serious national emergency. During the meeting of the Politburo Committee North Korea’s leader on Sunday criticized the government and health workers for the slow distribution of medicines and supplies, and ordered the military to urgently help people in Pyongyang.
KCNA news agency also published pictures of leader Kim Jong Un visiting a small pharmacy one in Pyongyang While the AP news agency reported that Most drugstores in Pyongyang only sell traditional Korean medicine for the most part. Rarely have modern medicine from foreign countries. While North Korea has never released a report on vaccination against disease.Covid-19 Including no reports of vaccine imports at all. This has caused public health experts to be deeply concerned about the spread of the epidemic in North Korea.