Official North Korean media stated that no new Kovid-19 cases were confirmed during the past week, and announced that the epidemic was definitely under control.
North Korea , which officially confirmed the first case of the Covid-19 virus , which infects more than 589 million people worldwide and caused the death of about 6.5 million people, after about 2 years. A new epidemic statement came from State-controlled Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) stated that no new Covid-19 cases were confirmed during the past week, and announced that the epidemic was definitely under control. All sectors and units are redoubling their efforts to ensure excellence in the implementation of the government’s anti-epidemic policy and measures. and continues to work holistically to further develop the Korean-style epidemic fighting system.
In the statement made yesterday by the North Korea Epidemic
Prevention Center, it was announced that the total number of cases recorded since the beginning of the epidemic was 4 million 772 thousand 813, and it was stated that 4 million 772 thousand 739 people, corresponding to 99.98 percent of the total number of patients, had completely recovered. No current information on the death toll was shared.
North Korea, which has not officially confirmed any infection in the country since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic, announced that the first case was recorded in Pyongyang on May 12.