North Korea Reports First Case of Covid, Kim Jong Un Wears Mask to Treat Lockdown – TribunNews.com
TRIBUNNEWS.COM – North Korean authorities report first case Corona virus (Covid-19) after more than two years of claiming his country was not infected with the virus, Thursday (12/5/2022).
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the sample test collected on Sunday from a number of people who have a fever in the mother city, Pyongyang, confirmed that they were infected with the variant Omicron.
In response, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for Party Politburo meeting calls for city lockdown and district as a whole and said the workplace should isolated by the unit to block the spread of the virus, reports KCNA.
He urged health workers to step up disinfection efforts in workplaces and homes and mobilize backup medical supplies.
Kim Jong Un said, it is very important to stabilize the transmission and eliminate the source of infection as quickly as possible.
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He insisted that the country would definitely overcome what he described as an unexpected plague.
North Korean state TV shows Kim Jong Un and officials other seniors are wearing masks when they enter the room meeting.
Kim Jong Un then took off his mask to speak to a set microphone.
Photos distributed by KCNA show Kim Jong Un took off the mask and sat at the head of the table where all the other officials were keep the mask on.
As for failure to slow down the infection can have consequences seriously because the country has a health care system that bad and its 26 million population is believed to be mostly not vaccinated.
