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Korea Kaskazini imetangaza kuwa inatarajia kutumia madaktari wa jeshi lake katika kupambana na maambukizi ya Virusi vya Corona katika Mji wa Pyongyang.
Agizo hilo limetangazwa na Kim Jong Un ambaye ni Kiongozi wa Korea Kaskazini ikiwa ni siku chache baada ya maambukizi kuzidi kusambaa Nchini humo tangu wiki wiki jana.
Visa 232,880 vya maambukizi ya Virusi vya Corona vimeripotiwa huku watu sita wakifariki hadi Mei 18, 2022
Jumla ya watu 691,170 wametengwa kwa uchunguzi kubaini iwapo wameambukizwa virusi hivyo.
Ripoti zimeeleza kwa watu 62 wamefariki tangu mwezi Aprili, 2022 huku watu milioni 1.7 wakionyesha dalili za kuambukizwa Corona Nchini Korea Kaskazini.
Source: Bloomberg
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North Korea Deploys Military to Fight 1.5 Million ‘Fever Cases’
Kim Jong Un mobilized North Korea’s military to help fight one of the biggest crises he has faced in his decade as leader, as suspected Covid-19 cases reached nearly 1.5 million in less than a month.
Pyongyang reported 269,510 new “fever cases” and six deaths nationwide in a 24-hour period ending 6 p.m. Monday, the state’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. Since late April 56 people have died.
North Korea has not called the hundreds of thousands of fever cases “Covid,” likely because the reclusive country doesn’t have enough testing kits to confirm that the cases were caused by the coronavirus.
The spreading cases indicate the country may be facing a public health crisis that could overwhelm its antiquated medical system. The country is even more vulnerable after it refused vaccines. Estimates from the United Nations’ food aid agency said about 40% of its population is undernourished, which could magnify the impact of the virus.
“The Covid situation could be a real threat to regime stability unless North Korea can effectively and quickly contain the spread of the virus,” said Rachel Minyoung Lee, a non-resident fellow with the 38 North Program at the Stimson Center.
“Kim Jong Un has had to deal with his share of problems since coming to power, but none of them threatened national existence the way this crisis is,” said Lee, who worked as an analyst for the CIA’s Open Source Enterprise for almost two decades.
Most international aid workers left the country after it closed its borders at the start of the pandemic and North Korea has so far refused or ignored international offers for assistance.
“With the country yet to initiate Covid-19 vaccination, there is risk that the virus may spread rapidly among the masses unless curtailed with immediate and appropriate measures,” Poonam Khetrapal Singh, a regional director for the World Health Organization said in a statement.
Agizo hilo limetangazwa na Kim Jong Un ambaye ni Kiongozi wa Korea Kaskazini ikiwa ni siku chache baada ya maambukizi kuzidi kusambaa Nchini humo tangu wiki wiki jana.
Visa 232,880 vya maambukizi ya Virusi vya Corona vimeripotiwa huku watu sita wakifariki hadi Mei 18, 2022
Jumla ya watu 691,170 wametengwa kwa uchunguzi kubaini iwapo wameambukizwa virusi hivyo.
Ripoti zimeeleza kwa watu 62 wamefariki tangu mwezi Aprili, 2022 huku watu milioni 1.7 wakionyesha dalili za kuambukizwa Corona Nchini Korea Kaskazini.
Source: Bloomberg
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North Korea Deploys Military to Fight 1.5 Million ‘Fever Cases’
Kim Jong Un mobilized North Korea’s military to help fight one of the biggest crises he has faced in his decade as leader, as suspected Covid-19 cases reached nearly 1.5 million in less than a month.
Pyongyang reported 269,510 new “fever cases” and six deaths nationwide in a 24-hour period ending 6 p.m. Monday, the state’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. Since late April 56 people have died.
North Korea has not called the hundreds of thousands of fever cases “Covid,” likely because the reclusive country doesn’t have enough testing kits to confirm that the cases were caused by the coronavirus.
The spreading cases indicate the country may be facing a public health crisis that could overwhelm its antiquated medical system. The country is even more vulnerable after it refused vaccines. Estimates from the United Nations’ food aid agency said about 40% of its population is undernourished, which could magnify the impact of the virus.
“The Covid situation could be a real threat to regime stability unless North Korea can effectively and quickly contain the spread of the virus,” said Rachel Minyoung Lee, a non-resident fellow with the 38 North Program at the Stimson Center.
“Kim Jong Un has had to deal with his share of problems since coming to power, but none of them threatened national existence the way this crisis is,” said Lee, who worked as an analyst for the CIA’s Open Source Enterprise for almost two decades.
Most international aid workers left the country after it closed its borders at the start of the pandemic and North Korea has so far refused or ignored international offers for assistance.
“With the country yet to initiate Covid-19 vaccination, there is risk that the virus may spread rapidly among the masses unless curtailed with immediate and appropriate measures,” Poonam Khetrapal Singh, a regional director for the World Health Organization said in a statement.
