In North Korea, where fever is thought to be caused by the new coronavirus, nearly 270,000 new people have been confirmed to have fever, and the military has been put in to supply medicines 24 hours a day.
On the other hand, it was found that three North Korean transport planes are believed to have brought in medicines from neighboring China on the 16th.
In North Korea, a new symptom of fever was confirmed in more than 269,500 people in a day until 6 pm on the 16th, and the cumulative total since the end of last month has risen to more than 1,483,000 people, which is thought to be due to the new coronavirus. There are a lot of fever.
The Workers' Party of Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, dated 17th, was published in the city after a rally on the 16th, when military doctors sent to the capital Pyongyang received a special order from General Secretary Kim Jong-un. It has been deployed to all pharmacies in Pyongyang and has started to supply medicines 24 hours a day.
Meanwhile, three North Korean state-owned Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes landed at an airport in Shenyang, northeastern China, on the morning of the 16th, according to sources revealed to NHK. It was confirmed that he had returned to North Korea that afternoon, and it is believed that he had brought in medicine from China.
The Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane was also used to carry a private car when General Secretary Kim attended the US-North Korea summit meeting.
General Secretary Kim has instructed China to emulate China's pursuit of a "zero corona" policy to thoroughly curb infections, and China's backing support is said to be due to the weakness of North Korea's medical system and lack of medicines. Seems to have asked.
However, the WHO = World Health Organization said in a statement on the 16th that North Korea has not started vaccination with the new coronavirus, and is concerned that the virus may spread rapidly if appropriate measures are not taken immediately. is showing.