North Korea’s epidemic is heating up, the country’s top leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency meeting of the Politburo on the 15th, bombarded the failure of the mobilization of drug supply, and cabinet officials should bear the greatest responsibility.Figure: Retrieved from the official website of the Korean News Agency
North Korea’s (North Korea) epidemic is rapidly heating up, the country’s top leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency Politburo meeting on the 15th and ordered the mobilization of the military to help “stabilize” the supply of medicines in the capital Pyongyang. In the emergency meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, he strongly criticized the drugs purchased by the state, which were not delivered to the people in a timely and accurate manner through pharmacies. It was an irresponsible attitude of the cabinet and the health department, and he also scolded officials for rote learning. Back, no actual measures will be taken, which will cause the epidemic to spread out of control.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the 12th that the country confirmed the first outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 variant strain Omicron in Pyongyang on the 12th. Now the number of new fevers has reached 392,920, and 8 people have died. , a total of more than 1.2 million people have developed fever symptoms.
Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over an emergency meeting on the 15th, including members of the Standing Committee, members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party Central Committee, as well as officials from the national emergency quarantine department and senior officials of the Ministry of Health.
During the meeting, Kim Jong-un mentioned the national drug supply system, saying that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee issued an emergency order to urgently distribute and supply the state reserve drugs, requiring all pharmacies to be open 24 hours a day. Not to mention sending it to the people.
According to local media reports, Kim Jong-un bombarded the cabinet and health officials for not having a correct understanding of the current crisis, and only memorizing instructions from the central government without actually taking measures. He strongly criticized the irresponsible attitude and organizational execution of the cabinet and the health department. Even the head of the Central Procuratorate was severely reprimanded for “dereliction of duty” and did not play any role in the grim situation.
After the meeting, Kim Jong-un also visited some pharmacies in Pyongyang and said that the general pharmacy is not strictly organized and cannot smoothly perform the affairs assigned by the superiors. In fact, the Dibuhu Pharmacy has no place to store medicines except for display cabinets, and asked the relevant units. improve.
