SEOUL: North Korea reported zero fever circumstances on Saturday for the primary time in additional than two months because it confirmed its first Covid-19 infections in Could.
“There have been no new fever sufferers reported” over a 24-hour interval from Thursday night, the state-run Korean Central Information Company mentioned, marking the primary time the remoted nation had reported no new circumstances because it started tallying numbers in Could.
Whereas it has maintained a inflexible coronavirus blockade because the begin of the pandemic, consultants have mentioned that large Omicron outbreaks in neighbouring nations meant it was solely a matter of time earlier than Covid snuck in.
North Korea has recorded almost 4.8 million infections since late April, KCNA mentioned, including “99.994 p.c” of them had totally recovered with simply 204 sufferers underneath remedy.
Apparently on account of a scarcity of testing capability, North Korea refers to “fever sufferers” fairly than “Covid sufferers” in case stories.
The nation has one of many world’s worst healthcare techniques, with poorly-equipped hospitals, few intensive care models, and no Covid-19 remedy medication or mass testing potential, consultants say.
Pyongyang introduced its first coronavirus circumstances on Could 12 and activated a “most emergency epidemic prevention system”, with chief Kim Jong Un placing himself entrance and centre of the federal government’s response.
North Korea has not vaccinated any of its roughly 25 million folks, having rejected jabs provided by the World Well being Group.
The North mentioned in late Could it began seeing “progress” in controlling the outbreak however consultants have solid doubts on the declare, citing the nation’s crumbling well being infrastructure and unvaccinated inhabitants.
WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan mentioned final month he assumed the scenario in North Korea was “getting worse not higher”, although he acknowledged Pyongyang had offered very restricted data.
South Korea beforehand provided to ship vaccines and different medical support to the North to assist it take care of its coronavirus outbreak.
Pyongyang has not formally responded.
“There have been no new fever sufferers reported” over a 24-hour interval from Thursday night, the state-run Korean Central Information Company mentioned, marking the primary time the remoted nation had reported no new circumstances because it started tallying numbers in Could.
Whereas it has maintained a inflexible coronavirus blockade because the begin of the pandemic, consultants have mentioned that large Omicron outbreaks in neighbouring nations meant it was solely a matter of time earlier than Covid snuck in.
North Korea has recorded almost 4.8 million infections since late April, KCNA mentioned, including “99.994 p.c” of them had totally recovered with simply 204 sufferers underneath remedy.
Apparently on account of a scarcity of testing capability, North Korea refers to “fever sufferers” fairly than “Covid sufferers” in case stories.
The nation has one of many world’s worst healthcare techniques, with poorly-equipped hospitals, few intensive care models, and no Covid-19 remedy medication or mass testing potential, consultants say.
Pyongyang introduced its first coronavirus circumstances on Could 12 and activated a “most emergency epidemic prevention system”, with chief Kim Jong Un placing himself entrance and centre of the federal government’s response.
North Korea has not vaccinated any of its roughly 25 million folks, having rejected jabs provided by the World Well being Group.
The North mentioned in late Could it began seeing “progress” in controlling the outbreak however consultants have solid doubts on the declare, citing the nation’s crumbling well being infrastructure and unvaccinated inhabitants.
WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan mentioned final month he assumed the scenario in North Korea was “getting worse not higher”, although he acknowledged Pyongyang had offered very restricted data.
South Korea beforehand provided to ship vaccines and different medical support to the North to assist it take care of its coronavirus outbreak.
Pyongyang has not formally responded.