Kim Yo-jongthe powerful sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-unblamed South Korea having caused the outbreak of COVID-19 in his country and warned of “retaliation,” state media reported on Thursday.
North Korea had attributed the outbreak to “foreign objects” near the border, where it is common for South Korean activists to send propaganda balloons and US dollars across the border.
Thursday, Kim Yo-jong blamed this activism for the outbreak of the COVID-19 and assured that they were a “crime once morest humanity,” said the official North Korean agency KCNA.
“It is very worrying that South Korea is sending pamphlets, money, botched brochures and other objects to our region,” he said. Kim Yo-jongnoting that Pyongyang considered “strong retaliation”.
If the balloons continue, “we will respond not only by eradicating the virus, but also by the South Korean authorities,” he threatened.
Victory over COVID-19?
The comments coincide with the day in which his brother Kim Jong-un declared “victory” over the outbreak of coronavirus following almost two weeks without detecting new cases.
The country had closed its borders at the beginning of the pandemic, but in May it detected cases of the omicron variant in Pyongyang, which caused an outbreak of almost 4.8 million infections in one of the countries with one of the worst health systems in the world. .
According to Kim Yo-jongthe same leader contracted the COVID-19 and “he suffered from a high fever during the days of this quarantine war,” he said. (AFP)
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