(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Korea Central News Agency: North Korea’s Kaesong discovered a suspected case of the new crown Kim Jong-un declared a state of emergency
China News Agency, Beijing, July 26th, China News: According to news from the Korean Central News Agency on the 26th, a suspected case of new coronary pneumonia was found in Kaesong, North Korea. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held an emergency enlarged meeting on the 25th at the headquarters of the Party Central Committee. The Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Chairman of the State Council, and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Kim Jong-un, attended and presided over the meeting, announcing the implementation of a state of emergency in the Kaesong area and converting the “national emergency epidemic prevention system” to the “maximum emergency system”.
KCNA reported that a "North Korean defector" sneaked across the border from South Korea into North Korea on the 19th in Kaicheng on the border between North Korea and South Korea. After inspection, it was found that the illegal crossover was suspected of being infected with the new crown virus. The anti-epidemic agency adopted thorough isolation measures against the illegally crossing the border, and also contacted relevant departments to investigate all persons who had been in contact with him within 5 days and those who had been to the city, and took measures to detect and isolate them.
According to reports, North Korea has completely sealed off Kaicheng and has taken measures to isolate relevant areas and regions. The report also pointed out that the meeting severely criticized the alert and duty status of the troops in the area where the cross-border incident occurred, and decided to conduct an in-depth investigation of the incident, severely punish those involved in the case, and take corresponding measures.
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, North Korea was one of the first countries to adopt strict control measures, and it has been nearly half a year since the health and epidemic prevention system was transformed into a "national emergency epidemic prevention system." According to North Korean official reports, no cases of infection have been found in North Korea before. (Finish)