North Korea has declared a "glorious victory" in the fight againstCovid-19. He was among those infected with the virus.
Speaking at a conference of medical workers and scientists in Pyongyang, Kim called for a easing of precautionary measures, calling the official death toll of 74 "a precedent in the history of the global health community." It's not a miracle," he said. operating media said on Thursday.
Kim said: State news agency KCNA said in a report of Wednesday's meeting that the customs of a beautiful country we are proud of. Propaganda leaflets blown across the border from South Korea in a balloon denounced the outbreak in the country and warned it was "fatal" if the South Korean government failed to stop activists from sending leaflets. retaliation.
She also suggested that her brother had contracted the virus, saying he was one of the tens of millions of North Koreans who had "fever".
25} "He was very sick with a high fever, but he couldn't lie down for a moment when he thought of the people he had to care for to the end in the face of the epidemic war," she said. I was.North Korea had an inadequate medical infrastructure to deal with a large outbreak, but in his first two years of the pandemic, patients with Covid-19claimed that none were recorded.
Since May of this year , about 4.8 million cases of 'fever' have been reported among a population of 26 million, but only a fraction of them have been identified as Covid, presumably to avoid. Because of the lack of test kits, creating a public alert.
Experts question official reports of North Korea's low death toll and zero new infections since July 29. The country has one of the worst healthcare systems in the world, with poorly equipped hospitals, few intensive care units, and no Covid-19 medicines or vaccines.
Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it believed the situation was getting worse, not better, in the absence of independent data. There has been no response from the WHO to the administration's claims of eradicating the virus.
North Korea has rejected international offers to provide vaccines, but it is not clear whether Kim and other senior ruling party officials have been vaccinated.
} In a speech that reportedly contained profanity, Kim Yo-jong repeated unsubstantiated claims that the virus entered the country via an object sent from South Korea, and that the outbreak began in South Korea in the 1980s. claimed to be a "hysterical farce" that began. Attempts to escalate cross-border tensions.
"[South Korean] puppets are pushing leaflets and dirty objects into our territory. We have to be tough to counter it," she said.
Southern activist and North Korean defector groups have spent years across the border flying balloons and releasing hundreds of thousands of leaflets critical of Kim Jong-un. have distributed.
Experts offer a more credible explanation for the outbreak.
Other North Korean officials have been unusually outspoken about the damage the pandemic has wrought, with a report said a senior Pyongyang official said there had been an incident of public unrest shortly after the outbreak was confirmed. "Rush".
Experts believe the virus is preventing Chairman Kim Jong-un from focusing on the country's weakened economy and nuclear program, and the regime has become more provocative now that it has declared an end to the pandemic. I'm assuming it could be a target.
"Kim Jong Un declaring victory over Covid indicates that he wants to move on to other priorities, such as revitalizing the economy and conducting nuclear tests. I mean," Leif-Eric said. Professor Easley of Ewha University in Seoul.
“Kim Yo-jong's belligerent rhetoric is alarming because she not only tries to blame South Korea for the Covid resurgence, but also threatens North Korea's next military provocation. because they are trying to justify it."
