More than 392 thousand cases of «unknown fever» were detected in North Korea per day

View of Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. File photoSEUL, May 16.The DPRK on Sunday registered more than 392 thousand new patients with high fever and eight more dead, more than 1.2 million people fell ill in total, 50 people died, the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reports. sick with coronavirus. According to the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA), «an unfamiliar fever» began to spread in the country since the end of April. 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 what proportion of patients with fever are sick with COVID-19 is not given. According to the State Emergency Control Headquarters of the DPRK, from the evening of May 14 to 18.00 (12.00 Moscow time) on May 15, the number of «patients with fever» in the country increased by more than 392 thousand people, another 8 people died. More than 152 thousand patients have recovered. The number of patients who had an elevated temperature from the end of April to May 14 is more than 1 million 213 thousand people, among them more than 648 thousand have recovered, and more than 564 thousand are still undergoing treatment. At the moment, the total the death toll is 50 people. At least one of them was reported to have tested positive for a variant of the omicron BA.2 coronavirus strain, the so-called «stealth omicron.» and counties have been placed under lockdown to stop the spread of the virus and «root out the source of the infection» as soon as possible. to pharmacies