North Korea marks end of first COVID wave, but risks persist COVID19
While state media said the “anti-epidemic situation … has entered a definite phase of stability,” rather than boasting of victory, North Korea said it would “redouble efforts to maintain perfection in the execution of state anti-epidemic policies.”
Shin Young-jeon, a professor at Hanyang University’s medical school in Seoul, said while the peak of the first COVID wave may have passed, the stated fatalities were nearly “impossible” and there could be up to 50,000 deaths.Article contenttap here to see other videos from our team“Their success, if any, should lie in the fact that the outbreak didn’t lead to a political or social chaos. Whether their COVID response was successful was another problem.
The national football league kicked off its season this week following a three-year halt, state media reported, as did swimming, yachting and bowling competitions. Still, leader Kim Jong Un has yet to lift strict movement restrictions, and the Chinese border remains shut, with no officials traveling abroad and diplomatic missions in Pyongyang vacant.
South Korea’s spy agency said in May that some waterborne diseases such as typhoid or cholera were already widespread in the North before COVID hit.
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