North Korea urgently mobilizes army because of COVID-19 epidemic
Leaders North Korea Kim Jong-un issued a directive to “immediately stabilize the drug supply in the city of Pyongyang with the participation of the military medical force of the Korean People’s Army”.
On May 15, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea convened an emergency meeting to discuss measures to prevent the epidemic. COVID-19. The meeting was chaired by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
At the meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reprimanded officials for improperly supplying drugs to pharmacies, even though the Politburo issued an “urgent order for immediate dispensing of drugs.” and promptly from the national stockpile” and “order all pharmacies to switch to round-the-clock mode of operation”.
In addition, the North Korean leader issued an order to “immediately stabilize the drug supply to the city of Pyongyang with the participation of a powerful military medical force”, Yonhap quoted the North Korean state news agency as saying. KCNA said.
According to Yonhap, North Korea has recorded 8 more cases died from COVID-19 in the past day, bringing the country’s total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 50. On May 15, the health sector also recorded an additional 392,920 people with fever symptoms, bringing the total number of fever cases to 1.21 million. Of these, at least 564,860 people are still being treated and more than 648,630 people have recovered from the disease.
Earlier, on May 12, KCNA reported that North Korea first detected the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country. The Politburo of North Korea quickly convened a meeting under the direction of Kim Jong-un. Grandfather Kim Jong-un issued a blockade order in all cities and districts of the country.
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