An epidemic of unidentified intestinal disease is attacking North Korea
As if it was never lacking - a disease that affects the digestive and intestinal tract spreads throughout North Korea and causes quite a bit of panic.
Some experts estimate that it is typhoid or cholera while others think it is a new epidemic
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21/06/2022
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 13:44 Updated: 14:07
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A new epidemic?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un carries a coffin of a senior officer (Photo: Reuters)
Irish that the corona came to us from China over two years ago, is the next epidemic in line also coming from the Far East?
North Korea has sent medical teams and epidemiological researchers to the province battling an outbreak of intestinal disease, the country's media reported on Sunday.
At least 800 families suffering from what North Korea has only called an "acute intestinal epidemic" have so far received assistance in the southern Wangha province, south of the capital Pyongyang.
South Korean officials say it could be an outbreak of cholera or typhus.
The new eruption puts even more strain on the isolated country as it fights food shortages and a wave of coronary infections.
On Sunday, the state-run KCNA news agency detailed prevention efforts, including quarantine, "intensive screening for all residents," and special treatment and monitoring of vulnerable people such as children and the elderly.
It is also written that "disinfection work is being carried out, including sewage and other waste,
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Intestinal diseases can spread easily.
People on Corona Street in Pyongyang, North Korea (Photo: Reuters)
According to CNN website Rio Jong Chul, the official in charge of emergency epidemic work in North Korea, warned state television viewers on Monday that intestinal diseases could be spread through the belongings, food and beverages of infected people.
Strict isolation of patients is important to prevent its spread, he said.
Aside from typhoid and cholera, the polio virus, hepatitis A virus and cystic dysentery are among the pathogens that cause intestinal disease, Rio said.
The news of the "gut epidemic" comes as North Korea continues to fight the corona, or what it calls "cases of fever."
The KCNA news agency reported another 19,310 new fever cases on Sunday, without specifying how many of those patients were found to be positive for the corona virus.
As of June 19, 73 deaths were reported by KCNA.
Similar to North Korean claims of the "acute intestinal epidemic," it is difficult to independently verify the numbers of cases and recovery reported by North Korean media.
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