China News Agency, Beijing, May 16, Pyongyang news: KCNA quoted a report from the North Korean National Emergency Epidemic Prevention Command on the 16th that from the evening of the 14th to the evening of the 15th local time, there were 393,000 new cases of fever in North Korea.
Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, once again presided over an emergency consultation meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to discuss epidemic prevention issues.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, within 24 hours from the evening of the 14th to the evening of the 15th local time, there were 393,000 new cases of fever in North Korea, a total of 153,000 cases were cured, and 8 died.
From the end of April to May 15, North Korea reported a total of 1.214 million cases of fever, of which 649,000 have been cured.
According to the KCNA report, Kim Jong-un once again presided over an emergency consultation meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on the 15th local time, focusing on discussing the overall epidemic prevention situation in recent days.
After the meeting, Kim Jong-un went to several pharmacies in Pyongyang to learn about the supply and sales of pharmaceuticals.
The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 12th that the North Korean national emergency epidemic prevention department on the 8th of this month tested some patients with fever symptoms in Pyongyang and confirmed that someone was infected with the Omikron virus.
This is the first time North Korea has reported a confirmed case of the new crown on its own since the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic.
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