An expert from North Korean defectors insisted that last May, North Korean defectors had obtained internal data that deaths from Corona 19 occurred in North Korea's Wonsan and Hamheung areas.
Kang Young-sil, a research fellow at the North Korean Center for Science and Technology Research, a former North Korean defector, said in the paper on the'Technical Response of North Korea to Corona 19' published in the KDI North Korean Economic Review on the 28th, according to internal data from the Central Emergency Response Command, It was revealed that there were corona 19 deaths in May in Hamheung, Chongjin, Hoeryeong, Gangwon-do, South Hamgyeong, and North Hamgyeong.
There were no fatalities in Pyongyang, Kaesong, and Pyeongseong, and the number of deaths was relatively small compared to the size of self-quarantine in other areas, Kang explained.
This is different from North Korea's official announcement.
North Korea officially maintains that there have been no corona19 confirmed and dead to date.
In addition, according to the paper, a total of 20,000 people were self-quarantined in May due to suspected corona19 infection.
By region, North Hamgyeong Province was the largest with about 14,000 people, followed by South Hamgyeong Province and Gangwon Province.
Research Fellow Kang said, "The North Korean authorities' efforts to respond to Corona 19 have been carried out seven times, but there is no longer a solution other than a mandatory containment due to lack of quarantine resources." I expected.