North Korea tests river water, garbage to prevent Covid-19
North Korean health officials have been testing rivers, lakes, air and domestic sewage and garbage for the coronavirus as the country ramps up efforts to combat its first outbreak.
According to Reuters news agency, North Korea is in a heated battle against the wave of Covid-19 never happend.
North Korea’s state TV reported that authorities are stepping up testing and disinfection across the country after announcing a steady trend of the outbreak, including signs of a fever wave. is decreasing and the number of deaths is quite low.
According to the data of North Korea’s National Emergency Disease Prevention and Control Department, as of last night, about 100,460 people had fever symptoms, while, 10 days ago, this number was 400,000. The total number of people with fever since April here has increased to 3,270,850 out of 25 million people and the number of deaths is 69.
In a separate statement, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that anti-virus workers had collected samples from various sources to check which areas had been infected with Covid-19.
“The anti-epidemic sectors at all levels have given priority to testing samples taken from rivers and lakes, and at the same time disinfecting hundreds of cubic meters of wastewater and thousands of tons of garbage every day, testing and analyzing samples,” KCNA wrote.
However, North Korea did not detail the testing methods. Last year, the country said it had produced its own PCR testing equipment, but never confirmed how many people had tested positive, but only reported the number of people with fever.
Hoai Linh
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