Seoul: North Korea says 15 more deaths have been reported in the country since the country’s first Kovid case was confirmed on Thursday. A total of 42 people have died, with 8,20,620 cases in the country and at least 3,24,550 in treatment, according to North Korea’s official KCNA media. Informed. At the same time, the KCNA is yet to determine whether the new cases and deaths are those of Kovid positives. Not specified.
Sovereign Kim Jong Un had earlier said that the Kovid outbreak in the country had caused a great deal of controversy. Moreover, a nationwide lockdown has been announced in North Korea to defend Kovid. All provinces, cities and counties in North Korea are completely closed. In addition, KCNA reported that labor units, manufacturing facilities and housing units were in the lockdown. Says.
At the same time, despite every effort to prevent the spread of the disease, Kovid cases are rising sharply every day in North Korea. On Thursday, the government officially confirmed the presence of Kovid for the first time in the country. The presence of Omicon, a variant of the corona virus, was confirmed in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. This was followed by the announcement of a nationwide lockdown.
North Korea has a very poor health system. There are no Kovid vaccines, no antiviral drugs, no advanced testing system. North Korea has previously rejected vaccine offers from China and the World Health Organization’s Kovacs scheme. But China and South Korea have come back with promises of help-vaccine.