North Korean authorities today announced six more “fever” deaths, the official KCNA news agency reports, just twenty-four hours after the official outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, which is believed to be due to an omicron variant, was officially confirmed. At the same time, another 269,510 people showed symptoms of “fever”, according to the same sources.
According to the KCNA, the death toll from the outbreak has so far reached 56 dead out of a total of 1,483,060 patients with “fever”, while 663,910 people are being treated. It is not clear how many of them have actually been infected with SARS-CoV-2, as Pyongyang does not have the means to conduct mass tests.
The agency also reported that the North Korean army medical staff had deployed forces “in all Pyongyang pharmacies” and began “supplying medicines”.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent some kits to the isolated country, but has not specified what kind of preparations they contain. China and South Korea have offered to help if the North Korean government so requests.
Authorities seem to be dealing with cases of COVID-19 infection using antibiotics for the time being, while state media are proposing “traditional” treatments. Experts point out that although the country has a large number of doctors and experience in dealing with health crises, its health system is facing a worryingly severe shortage of resources and resources, and whether North Korea will accept its neighbors’ offer of help remains to be seen.
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