North Korea: Latest update on Covid situation
“About 1,349,000 people have entered the sanitation propaganda, inspection, and treatment business, and all people with fever and abnormal symptoms are found and thoroughly isolated and treated.”
“From the time of the current quarantine crisis, people have a lack of awareness and understanding of stealth omicron mutant virus infection and do not know well how to treat it. Several projects are being developed urgently.“
In line with the ideas and spirit of the 8th Politburo Meeting and the Politburo Council of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, national emergency measures are being taken in full force to take the lead in the fight against epidemics and to quickly contain the spread of the epidemic. In accordance with the emergency measures taken by the Party and the government, all provinces, cities, and counties across the country were completely blocked by region from the morning of May 12th, and each business unit, production unit, and residence unit was shut down.
So far, about 1,349,000 people have entered the sanitation propaganda, inspection, and treatment business, and all people with fever and abnormal symptoms are found and thoroughly isolated and treated.
In order to completely block the inflow and propagation space of malicious viruses, quarantine posts have been greatly expanded, and projects to find loopholes and gaps by unit and region are intensively developed.
Now, medicines are urgently transported to treatment and prevention institutions across the country, including hospitals and clinics, and supply is following.
Many leading officials, including officials of the Party Central Committee and government officials at provincial and central institutions, are actively engaged in the project to donate spare medicines.
The health and quarantine sector is accelerating the business of closely monitoring the pathophysiology and characteristics of the sick people and confirming scientific and rational treatment tactics.
From the time of the current quarantine crisis, people have a lack of awareness and understanding of stealth omicron mutant virus infection and do not know well how to treat it. Several projects are being developed urgently.
Commentary propaganda is being actively promoted to convince the residents that they can recover within a short period of time if they are able to get rid of their anxiety about malignant infectious diseases and treat them according to the right guidelines, and to inform them about the treatment methods and common sense of hygiene.
In the Central Emergency Quarantine Department, an investigation team and research team were organized to thoroughly identify the infection route and cause of a malignant infectious disease. In addition, we are putting a lot of effort into strengthening the disinfection business in every corner of business space, work space, and living space as well as increasing quarantine places and facilities.
The Pyongyang City People’s Committee, the provincial, city and county people’s committees and the provincial and rural accounting committees are taking responsibility for material security projects for institutions, factories, enterprises and residents’ households in the region, and to ensure the living of residents nationwide. Volunteers are being organized one after another for
Party organizations at all levels, with boundless devotion and unchanging loyalty to the people, supported the party’s fiery appeal to become a scout, assault force, and bulletproof wall in the battle for people’s defense and people’s fighting, urgently breaking the spirit of a malignant epidemic, and Organizational political work to restore complete stability is meticulously crafted.
In support of the decision of the 8th Politburo of the 8th Party Central Committee, the quarantine project to completely block the transmission space of the malicious virus in Jagang Province is intensively carried out.
Keeping in mind the Party’s will to thoroughly implement the people’s character in the emergency quarantine project, officials of the Party and government agencies are implementing timely measures to ensure maximum convenience for workers and residents.
Officials in the emergency quarantine and health departments are strictly conducting intensive inspections for all residents in accordance with the requirements of the maximum emergency quarantine system, and are increasing the degree of control and control to ensure conscious unity of the public.
At the same time, the disinfection business is strengthened from institutions, businesses, farms, etc. to every corner of offices and worksites to block and eliminate the source of transmission of malignant infectious diseases.
In Wuxi-gun and Jaseong-gun, the emergency quarantine network has been strengthened into double and triple layers to suit the characteristics of the region and strong containment measures are being taken.
In Songwon-gun, Seonggan-gun, and Ryongnim-gun, which have augmented quarantine posts and monitoring posts at major branches, they are stricter in disinfection projects by increasing the responsibility of their employees and paying special attention to abnormalities to prevent the introduction of malicious viruses and prevent the introduction of malicious viruses. We are meticulously taking anti-epidemic measures to thoroughly block the transmission space.
KCNA news reports (in Korean)
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