In response to North Korea's assertion of the possibility of corona influx through leaflets, the government countered that there is no possibility of that.
Deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification Cha Duk-cheol said at a briefing, "The government does not see the possibility of the corona virus entering the North through leaflets."
Deputy Spokesperson Cha Deok-cheol first said, "The time when our private group claims to have sprayed North Korean flyers is on April 25 and April 26, later than the beginning of April, which the North mentioned as the first contact time."
He added, "It is the common view of related organizations such as the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, experts, and international organizations such as the WHO that it is virtually impossible to transmit coronavirus through the virus remaining on the surface of an object."
Deputy Spokesperson Cha said, "I am aware that there are no cases where it has been officially confirmed that people have been infected with the coronavirus through goods or mail."
Earlier, North Korea said that it had confirmed the route of the corona virus through the Korean Central News Agency, and claimed that North Korea flyers were the first cause.
In mid-April, the Korean Central News Agency said, "Fever symptoms started to appear among several personnel coming up from the Ipo-ri area in Geumgang-gun, Gangwon-do. For the first time, there have been collective outbreaks of zealots.”
The Central News Agency continued, "In early April in Ipo-ri, it was discovered that 18-year-old Kim, a soldier and a 5-year-old kindergartener, had come into contact with unusual objects in the barracks and in the hills near the residence. claimed to have been judged as
Regarding unusual objects, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) stated that it is necessary to be alert to unusual objects flying from balloons in the border area and notify them immediately when they are discovered, arguing that flyers flying to North Korea were the cause of Corona.
(Photo = provided by the Ministry of Unification, Yonhap News)