North Korea suggests traditional medicines for dealing with COVID
Due to a lack of access to efficient anti-viral medications, North Korea is battling the spreading of Covid in an unprotected population. People are being told to attempt alternative treatments like sipping herbal tea and gargling with salt water. To try to protect itself from the epidemic, the nation locked...
Read moreNorth Korea set to declare COVID19 victory a month after admitting it has positive cases
Barely a month after it admitted to COVID-19 infections in the country, after 2 years of steadfast denials, North Korea may be getting ready to announce victory over the virus. As far as state media declarations go, the country has managed to avoid deaths in huge numbers despite having one...
Read moreThere’s a Reason Kim Jong-un Wants Us to Know About North Korea’s Covid Outbreak
Even though it has been more than two years since North Korea was able to keep Covid out, the country continues to reject vaccines, claiming that they are unnecessary. That all changed a month ago. North Korea’s state-run media reported that a “explosive” fever was spreading across the country. The...
Read moreNorth Korea Calls Covid Vaccines “Immortal Potion Of Love” From Kim Jong Un: Report
During North Korea’s first COVID-19 vaccination campaign, supreme leader Kim Jong Un proclaimed that the vaccines were an “immortal potion of love” he had given to his people. Through passing vehicles, North Korean leader Kim’s Jong-voice was heard at vaccination sites, according to The Daily Star. The recent outbreak of...
Read moreNorth Korea reports 79,100 more cases of fever, and one new death amid Covid wave
North Korea’s coronavirus outbreak has infected 79,100 people with one fatality, state television reported Saturday. Since last month’s state of emergency and statewide lockdown, the isolated country has been combating a Covid-19 outbreak, fueling fears of vaccination, medical supply, and food crisis. North Korea has issued a stay-at-home order since...
Read moreWHO Says Covid ‘Getting Worse’ in N Korea But Kim Feels Taking Aid is an ‘Evil Plan’
Despite recent assertions from North Korea that the coronavirus outbreak there is subsiding, a top World Health Organization expert claimed the sickness is “becoming worse, not better.” “We have genuine hurdles in obtaining access to the raw data and to the actual situation on the ground,” WHO emergency chief Dr....
Read moreNorth Korea Covid-19 Outbreak ‘Getting Worse’, Says WHO
The World Health Organization is concerned that the situation with Covid-19 in North Korea is “getting worse, not better.” The WHO has not received any sensitive information about the viral outbreak in North Korea, therefore Dr. Mike Ryan, the organization’s emergency chief, requested additional information from the country’s authorities. Two...
Read moreNorth Korea Moves to Soften Curbs Amid Doubts Over COVID-19 Counts
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials met on Sunday, according to state media, to consider easing stringent anti-epidemic rules while continuing highly contested claims that the country’s first COVID-19 outbreak is fading. The North’s Politburo meeting appears to indicate that it may soon lift a series...
Read moreNorth Korea COVID Situation Remains a Mystery, Despite Disclosure of Some Cases
North Korea argued for more than two years, as COVID-19 decimated the world, that it had never had a coronavirus infection. Mid-May, North Korea announced a surge in suspected cases and deployed the military to respond to a “serious national disaster.” Foreign governments and humanitarian organizations believed the North Korean outbreak...
Read moreNorth Korea says its COVID outbreak is now under control. But is it?
Before May 12, a number of specialists had serious reservations about North Korea’s assertions that it did not have a single instance of COVID-19. On that day, however, the nation modified its tale and admitted that it had its first epidemic of the disease, although it did not identify the...
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