Disaster in North Korea
May 16, 2022
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as posted by the channelNorth Korea, tragic situation, UK and US slowly stabilising.
UK, alpha wave, patients admitted to hospital
UK, alpha wave, deaths
Omicron started to spread, late April
End of two-year coronavirus blockade, maintained at great economic cost
Omicron in Pyongyang
Factors
Long term malnutrition
Current malnutrition
Untreated long-term diseases
Poor housing
Limited supply of medicines, steroids, antibiotics
Zero vaccination
Little previous infection
Naïve population
Omicron, not delta
(Official Korean Central News Agency)
Kim Jong Un
Covid outbreak is a great disaster for North Korea
causing great upheaval
Announced 51 new fever deaths
First case confirmed Thursday
Had activated maximum emergency quarantine system
Nationwide lockdowns
Up to May 13
1,213,550 cases of fever
More than 524,440 fallen sick with fever
at least 81,430 were fully recovered
Official Korean Central News Agency
Over half a million currently receiving medical treatment
The spread of malignant disease comes to be a great upheaval in our country since the founding of the DPRK
Army to distribute medicines
on immediately stabilising the supply of medicines in Pyongyang
because officials of the Cabinet and public health sector in charge of the supply have not rolled up their sleeves, not properly recognizing the present crisis
strongly criticised the Cabinet and public health sector for their irresponsible work attitude
Leif-Eric Easley, professor, Ewha University in Seoul
The language he's used suggests the situation in North Korea is going to get worse before it gets better
Engagers see this rhetoric preparing the way for international assistance, but Kim may be rallying a population on the verge of further sacrifice
Kim Jong Un, meeting on anti-virus strategies in Pyongyang
Kim, front and centre (39)
minimising the losses in human lives
Country will actively learn from China's pandemic management strategy
not an uncontrollable spread among regions but transmission within areas that had been locked down
Previously turned down offers of Covid vaccines from China and Covax scheme
Beijing and Seoul issued fresh offers of aid and vaccines
Health and healthcare in North Korea: a retrospective study among defectors (Conflict and Health)
Public Health Act, comprehensive free care system
Widespread informal expenditure
Lack of medicines
Extensive self-medication with narcotic analgesics
Party membership
Respondents who could not enjoy political and economic rights were substantially more likely to report illness,
and extremely reduced access to care, even with life-threatening conditions.
Maxar Technologies
New excavation at the Yongbyon facility in North Korea, (plutonium)
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