North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. File photoMOSCOW, May 16.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the mobilization of the military to establish the supply of medicines to pharmacies amid the spread of coronavirus in the country, Yonhap reports with reference to the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). . According to the CTC, since the end of April, an «unfamiliar fever» began to spread in the country. From a number of state media reports in North Korea, it can be concluded that the coronavirus is spreading in the country, but exact data on exactly how many patients can be sick with COVID-19 is not given. According to the KCNA, the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea again held an emergency meeting at which Kim Jong-un noted that the medicines were not supplied to pharmacies, despite the fact that the authorities ordered «immediate release and supply of medicines from the state reserve» and «transfer the work of pharmacies to round-the-clock mode.» In this connection, the leader of the DPRK issued a decree on «immediate stabilization of the supply of medicines to Pyongyang with the involvement of the powerful forces of the military medical direction of the People's Army (DPRK — ed.)», the North Korean agency adds. According to the KCNA, another 8 people died from coronavirus per day, thus the total number of deaths is 50 people. It was previously reported that in at least one of them, the analysis revealed a variant of the omicron BA.2 coronavirus strain, the so-called «stealth omicron». A lockdown has been introduced in all cities and counties in order to stop the spread of the virus and «eradicate the source of infection» as soon as possible. 300 thousand cases of «unknown fever»
