It was announced that more than 260,000 new fever cases were confirmed daily in North Korea, where infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed, and the cumulative number of fever cases since the end of last month has reached nearly 2 million.
It seems that the spread of the infection has not been stopped, and there is concern that the number of patients will increase further.
Cumulative total is close to 2 million
The North Korean Workers' Party of Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, dated 19th, reported that about 262,200 new people had fever symptoms and one died on the day until 6 pm on the 18th. ..
Since North Korea first revealed the confirmation of infection with the new coronavirus on the 12th of this month, it has announced the confirmation of more than 200,000 to 300,000 fever every day, and the cumulative number of fever since the end of last month is about. There are 1,978,200 people dead and 63 dead.
North Korean health officials say they are expanding wards in various places to isolate fever, but it is possible that the number of quarantines at home is increasing and the securing of beds has not caught up.
In addition, the authorities say that they are urgently taking measures such as urgently transporting thousands of tons of salt to the capital Pyeongyang in order to accelerate the production of disinfectants, but in addition to the medical system that is said to be weak from the beginning, vaccination is also progressing. First of all, it seems that the spread of the infection has not been stopped, and there is concern that the number of patients will increase further.