STORY: In view of the apparently massive spread of the corona virus in North Korea, according to the state media, ruler Kim Jong Un has criticized the authorities’ reaction as inadequate. He accused the officials in the isolated country of inadequacy and indolence, as the official news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday. At a meeting of the Politburo of the ruling Workers’ Party on Tuesday, he criticized that the “immaturity of the state’s capacity to deal with the crisis” had exacerbated the “complexity and difficulties” in combating the pandemic. Just under a week after the first official confirmation of a corona outbreak in North Korea, the suspected number of cases is skyrocketing. KCNA reported 232,880 new cases of fever and six other deaths in a 24-hour period Wednesday. However, there is no official confirmation as to whether the patients are infected with the corona virus. Among other things, because the country has very little testing capacity. North Korea confirmed the corona outbreak last Thursday and declared a state of emergency. A sub-variant of the highly contagious omicron pathogen was discovered in the capital Pyongyang. Kim then ordered a nationwide lockdown. The country, which is almost completely isolated internationally, has not yet accepted offers of help from abroad.
Source: Stern
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