A disinfection post in front of a Pyongyang high school. File photoSEUL, May 26.The DPRK registered more than 105,000 new patients with a high temperature per day, while there was not a single death, more than 3.17 million people fell ill in total, the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported. Earlier it was reported that North Korea due to the appearance in the country cases of coronavirus has put in place a «top-level emergency anti-epidemic system», at the direction of Kim Jong-un, a lockdown has been introduced in all cities and counties in order to stop the spread of a «malicious pandemic» and «eradicate the source of infection» as soon as possible. But enterprises that produce goods necessary for the life of citizens continue to work. The number of patients who had a fever from the end of April to May 25 is more than 3.17 million people, of which 2.98 million people (91.4% ) have already recovered, and 271,000 people are still being treated. Exact data on exactly what proportion of patients with fever are sick with COVID-19 is not given. According to the Central Committee of the Central Committee, the situation in the country with the spread of the pandemic is «effectively contained and controlled», the situation is stable, and after the launch of the maximum emergency anti-epidemic system, the incidence and mortality has decreased significantly, the number of recovering patients has increased. There have been no deaths from fever for the last three days, at the moment the total number of victims 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.» According to the KCNA, soldiers of the Korean People's Army are also actively helping to fight the pandemic. Together with the authorities, they set up 50 new pharmacies in Pyongyang, military doctors supply medicines to other settlements, treat at home and in pharmacies, at factories and enterprises where production needs to continue.
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