Kim Jong Un demands swift action to resolutely control the spread of the virus – Xinhua English.news.cn

Xinhua News Agency, Pyongyang, May 13. According to the KCNA report on the 13th, North Korea added 18,000 people with fever on the 12th. Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, called for prompt action to resolutely control the spread of the virus when he inspected the national emergency epidemic prevention and control headquarters on the 12th.

The report said that since late April, unexplained fever broke out in North Korea. A total of 350,000 people developed fever in a short period of time, of which 162,000 have recovered, 187,800 have been quarantined and received treatment, and 6 of them died. , including a patient who was tested for Omicron virus infection.

During the inspection, Kim Jong-un pointed out that the epidemic prevention and control system established by the state is still fragile, judging from the large number of fever patients in various places. He asked all provinces, cities and counties across the country to strengthen the isolation measures in various units and residential areas, and at the same time provide various conveniences for residents who are isolated at home.

According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 12th, the North Korean national emergency epidemic prevention department on the 8th of this month tested some patients with fever symptoms in Pyongyang and confirmed that someone was infected with the Omikron virus. This is the first time North Korea has reported a confirmed case of the new crown since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in many parts of the world. The Workers’ Party of Korea held an emergency Politburo meeting on the 12th and decided to raise the new crown epidemic prevention measures to the highest level.