Since the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus was reported on May 12, the North Korean epidemic has recently been on the rise.
In just a few days, the number of new cases in a single day soared from more than 10,000 to nearly 400,000, and remained at a high of six figures.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency response meeting in the early morning of May 12 and decided to raise the level of epidemic prevention and control to the highest level.
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held two emergency consultation meetings on May 14 and 15.
"The spread of the vicious epidemic is a major turmoil in our country since the founding of the nation," North Korea's KCNA said, citing Kim's speech at the meeting.
At the end of April, North Korea held a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army. During this period, a large-scale gathering of people occurred, which was accused of being the source of the outbreak.
The picture shows Kim Jong-un and those attending the military parade marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.
(Associated Press)
When the Workers' Party reconvened its Standing Committee last Tuesday (May 17), it believed that the anti-epidemic situation on May 17 was a "good trend". Last Saturday, Kim Jong-un said at the Workers' Party Political Bureau meeting that the domestic new crown epidemic is slowing down.
In just a few days from the announcement of the outbreak on May 12 to May 17 and 21, North Korea determined the "good" and "win situation" of the epidemic.
In the TV screen of North Korea's CCTV, Kim Jong-un and the senior officials attending the meeting were not wearing masks, and they were chatting and laughing, which is really incredible.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, North Korea launched an emergency epidemic prevention mode, under the control and command of the National Emergency Epidemic Prevention Command.
The official epidemic prevention goal established by North Korea is to contain and control the spread of the virus, cure the infected as soon as possible, and eliminate the source of the spread in the shortest time possible.
North Korea has popularized and provided more detailed medication guidance to the public through the media. The basic policy is "home treatment."
Not all patients are crowded into public hospitals for treatment, but a model in which doctors prescribe and patients go to pharmacies to buy medicines for home treatment.
The pharmacy is the most important part of the anti-epidemic link, and the reason why Kim Jong-un did not inspect the hospital but went to the pharmacy to inspect it is also this...
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