North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent medicine to the western port city of Haezhou on Wednesday to help patients suffering from the “acute intestinal epidemic” as soon as possible, according to North Korean state media KCNA. He did not mention the number of people affected, nor did he specify what the disease was, but the intestinal refers to the gastrointestinal tract. “(Kim) stressed the need to reduce the outbreak as soon as possible, taking a well-tied measure to quarantine the suspected cases to completely limit its spread, confirming the cases through epidemiological examination and scientific tests,” he said. the KCNA. The reported outbreak comes as the North faces its first outbreak of COVID-19 infections. It declared a state of emergency last month amid concerns about a lack of vaccines and medical supplies. North Korea reported 26,010 more people with fever symptoms on Thursday, with the total number of fever patients reported nationwide since the end of April approaching 4.56 million. At 73 the number of dead associated with the epidemic. Pyongyang announces daily the number of patients with fever, not patients with COVID, obviously do not have test kits. Experts also suspect that the information circulated through the government-controlled media is incomplete. The North said the COVID wave had shown signs of receding, but the World Health Organization disputed Pyongyang’s claims earlier this month, saying it believed the situation was deteriorating. (Report by Soo-hyang Choi; Edited by Lincoln Feast.)
