State media said authorities are stepping up testing and disinfection across the country, after reporting this week a ‘stabilising’ trend in the outbreak
An empty street in seen in front of Pyongyang station, amid the growing fear about the spread of Covid-19, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo on May 23, 2022. Picture: KYODO VIA REUTERS North Korean health officials are testing rivers, lakes, the air and household wastewater and garbage for the coronavirus as the country intensifies its fight against its first outbreak, state media said on Friday.
State media said authorities are stepping up testing and disinfection across the country, after reporting this week a “stabilising” trend in the outbreak, including signs that the a wave of fevers was abating and a relatively low death toll. The total number of fever patients since April rose to 3,270,850 among the 25-million population, and a death toll to 69, up by one from a day earlier.
“Emergency anti-epidemic sectors at all levels give precedence to the test of specimens collected in rivers and lakes, while disinfecting hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of sewage and thousands of tonnes of garbage every day and examining and analysing samples,” KCNA said.
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