The number of patients with fever symptoms exceeds 2.2 million, Kim Jong-un may not be vaccinated against Covid-19

Specifically, out of the total number of patients who have no fever, 1.48 million have recovered and 754 thousand are being treated. In the past day, there were 2 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 65.

According to Seoul, the number of people “sick with fever” does not only include those with Covid-19. However, North Korean authorities are accused of withholding statistics on people with fever symptoms due to limited mass testing and accurate detection of Covid-19.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) noted that, even with the maximum degree of control over the spread of the virus, production activities in key industrial sectors are carried out as usual. .

“In the fight against the epidemic, news of good results is slowly coming,” the agency said in a statement.

On Thursday (May 19), North Korean authorities recorded 262,270 cases of fever and one death.

Earlier, on May 12, KCNA first reported the detection of 1 case of Covid-19 in the country. In this regard, a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was convened with the participation of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong-un instructed to impose a nationwide blockade order – including all provinces and cities in the country – after the country announced its first Covid-19 case. Facing “great turmoil since the founding of the country”, North Korea has closed factories, businesses and people to stay at home to completely contain the epidemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on May 16 warned that with North Korea not yet starting a vaccination program, there is a risk that the Covid-19 epidemic could spread rapidly in the country.

South Korean intelligence: Kim Jong-un may not have a Covid-19 vaccine

South Korean intelligence believes that it is likely that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un did not receive a vaccine against Covid-19.

“According to intelligence estimates, due to various circumstances, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may not have been vaccinated against Covid-19,” Yonhap quoted the content of a closed-door meeting for know.

“We believe no vaccine has been imported into North Korea so far,” South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said.

Previously, under a special order of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the military medics urgently deployed forces to all pharmacies in Pyongyang and began to provide medicines 24 hours a day.

Leader Kim Jong-un directed the urgent supply of medicines from the national reserve to the pharmacy system.

Kim Jong-un strongly criticized health officials for what he called an “ineffective response to epidemic prevention and control,” namely the failure to open 24/7 pharmacies to distribute food. pass medicine.