The Kcna agency: another 21 deaths from Covid-19 and an additional 174,400 people “in a feverish state” nationwide. Worsening scenario
More than two years after the outbreak of the pandemic, North Korea breaks its silence. After the sudden lockdown and the admission of a covid outbreak on Thursday 12 May, the country’s public news agency, KCNA, today released updated data signaling a worsening scenario: North Korea reported 21 more deaths from Covid-19 and an additional 174,400 people “in a feverish state” nationwide. A total of 524,440 people showed symptoms of fever between late April and May 13, according to the KCNA, of which 243,630 recovered and about 280,810 in treatment. As of May 14, the country has recorded a total of 27 deaths from Covid-19 since April 2022.
Early in the morning, Leader Kim Jong-un, Secretary General of the Workers ‘Party of Korea, chaired a conference of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) at the Central Party Committee office building. in Pyongyang, calling the coronavirus “a great turmoil since the founding of the country”. The meeting was held to verify the functioning of the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system and to adopt further policy and practical measures.
