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As Corona 19 spreads in North Korea, 15 more people have died, and 42 people have died so far, the North Korean authorities said.
It was announced that there were close to 300,000 new cases of fever.
This is a report by Kim A-young, a reporter.
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National Emergency Response Command, the North Korean quarantine authority, said that from the evening of the 13th to 6 pm yesterday, there were 296,180 new cases of fever, that is, new cases of fever.
After that, it was announced that 25,400 people made full recovery, but 15 people died.
The number of new fever cases announced by North Korea was 18,000 when it was first announced on the 12th.
Since then, the number has risen sharply to about 174,000 and 296,000.
Since the end of last month, the cumulative number of fever cases reached 82,620 and the cumulative death toll was 42.
The North Korean authorities are still using the expression “excited person” instead of the expression “confirmed” or “infected”.
It seems that it is difficult to identify confirmed patients due to the shortage of COVID-19 self-test kits, gene amplification, and pcr tests.
The Korean Central News Agency argued that there was a lack of understanding of the stealth omicron mutation and that the treatment method was not well known, and that a large proportion of deaths were due to negligence in drug use.
He added that propaganda work is underway to convince residents that a short-term recovery is possible.
The Central News Agency reported that medicines are being urgently transported to hospitals and clinics across the country, and executives are also donating spare medicines.