North Korea claims to have achieved good results in the fight against Covid-19

Accordingly, the authorities at all levels have organized the provision of food on the spot, promoting the work of ensuring people’s lives. Nearly 8,000 service groups with 30,000 people across the country are currently actively providing essential goods for people. Military medical forces are providing support, while medical forcestaff, teachers and students of medical schools across the country also participated in testing and treatment.

A doctor instructs on epidemic prevention in Pyongyang on May 17 AFP

In addition, more than 2,400 retired medical staff also volunteered to join the medical team deal with disease. Even under the maximum emergency of epidemic prevention, normal production is maintained in key industrial sectors and large-scale construction projects are still being promoted.

Sheet Rodong Sinmun reported that the People’s Committee of Pyongyang is making efforts to solve arising problems to ensure people’s lives in the context of the capital tightening regulations on epidemic prevention. As of 6 p.m. on May 19, North Korea recorded an additional 263,370 cases of fever and 2 deaths within 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,241,610 cases of fever, with 65 deaths and more than 1,486,730 recoveries. North Korea has not yet announced the number of positive cases of Covid-19.