North Korea Fights Covid-19 Outbreak
May 19, 2022
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as posted by the channelNorth Korean state media are increasing coverage of the fight against Covid-19 since the country first acknowledged the spread of the virus on Thursday 12 May.
Television broadcasts which normally start only in the afternoon are this week starting from early morning.
The coverage is carefully edited to present images of stable support to communities around the country.
North Korean media is all controlled by the state, and the state has made clear that the mission of media is to present an image of what authorities would like to see.
Deliveries of food to people stuck at home, workers at shops and factories spraying the places while wearing full body protective suits and goggles, and pharmacies prepared to provide medicines – these are the images that North Korean television is showing now.
But the reality is that even in pre-Covid-19 times, North Korea has always been short of medicine.
Since the country closed its borders because of Covid-19 in January 2020, movement of people and goods have been almost impossible.
State media are showing a massive attempt to cope with Covid-19 but it is impossible for people outside the country to understand how North Koreans are experiencing this crisis.
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