N.Korea discusses revising COVID curbs, outbreak ‘improving’
By Cynthia Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) -High North Korean officers mentioned revising anti-epidemic restrictions on Sunday as they assessed the state of affairs over the nation’s first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak was “enhancing”, state media reported.
A politburo assembly guided by chief Kim Jong Un “made a optimistic analysis of the pandemic state of affairs being managed and improved throughout the nation and mentioned the problems of constantly stabilising and enhancing the general anti-epidemic state of affairs,” mentioned KCNA information company.
North Korea reported no new deaths amongst fever sufferers for a second consecutive day, and mentioned 89,500 extra folks confirmed fever signs on Sunday.
That’s down from almost 400,000 about 11 days in the past.
The remoted nation has been combating an unprecedented COVID wave since declaring a state of emergency and imposing a nationwide lockdown this month, fuelling considerations about lack of vaccines, medical provides and meals.
Efforts to strengthen anti-epidemic measures had been being taken throughout North Korea, together with amassing rain water, analyzing virus-resistant medicines and establishing quarantine locations, KCNA mentioned.
(Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Modifying by Sandra Maler and William Mallard)
