Cho Jung-hoon, spokesman for the Ministry of Unification, said at a regular briefing, "If you look at the trends announced by the North Korean authorities, such as the number of new fever cases, the number of deaths, and the number of people being treated, it can be seen that the corona situation is improving externally by looking at the contents of the North Korean announcement." .
However, Spokesperson Cho Jung-hoon added, "It is difficult to say definitively because we do not know exactly the standards of the statistics that North Korea is publishing."
In relation to the Ministry of Unification's proposal of working-level contact for cooperation in the prevention and control of COVID-19 on the 16th, North Korea has not yet responded, Spokesperson Cho said.
"The North Korean authorities seem to be judging that the Corona situation is stabilizing," Cho said. plan," he said.
Regarding the easing of quarantine regulations by General Secretary Kim Jong-un at the Politburo meeting yesterday (29th), Spokesperson Cho said, "We are closely monitoring whether and what North Korea's lockdown measures will be eased in the future."
Regarding the report that the lockdown in Pyongyang was partially lifted as of noon yesterday, he explained, "Since the North Korean media do not report on the lifting of the lockdown, we need to check a little more."
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