Nearly 3 million people in North Korea contract fever

A disinfection post in front of a Pyongyang high school. File photoSEUL, May 24.The DPRK registered more than 134 thousand new patients with high fever per day, there were no deaths, more than 2.94 million people fell ill with a fever, the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported. Earlier it was reported that North Korea introduced coronavirus cases in the country. put into effect the «emergency anti-epidemic system of the highest level», at the direction of Kim Jong-un, a lockdown was introduced in all cities and counties in order to stop the spread of the «malicious pandemic» and «eradicate the source of infection» as soon as possible. the end of April to May 23, is more than 2.94 million people, among them more than 2.54 million people (86.4%) have already recovered, and about 400 thousand are still undergoing treatment. Exact data on exactly what proportion of patients with fever are sick with COVID-19 is not given. At the moment, the total death toll is 68 people, the mortality rate is 0.002%. It was 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». after the launch of the maximum emergency anti-epidemic system, the morbidity and mortality decreased significantly, and the number of recovering patients increased. on medicines, the percentage of seriously ill patients and the duration of the disease. The production of medicines and reagents for testing for the presence of the virus is accelerating. More than a million health workers, teachers and students of medical institutions, orderlies have been mobilized, they are conducting examinations, treatment, and disinfection. There are 10,000 mobile anti-epidemic units operating throughout the country.