Post Covid alarm North Korea For a “enteric epidemic acute », which spread from the city of Haeju in Southern Hwanghae Province. According to state media reports, at least 800 families are affected virus as far as the gastrointestinal tract is concerned and what health experts say could be cholera or typhoid. The new outbreak, first reported on Thursday, is putting further strain on the country already hit by the public health emergency linked to the wave of Covid-19 infections.
At least 800 families in North Korea’s South Hwanghae province are battling an unidentified enteric disease in addition to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The disease is considered either cholera or typhoid by South Korean officials.#North Korea https://t.co/PCScjDC6pj
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Leader Kim Jong-un, state news agency KCNA reports, has already taken preventive measures, including quarantines, “intensive screening of all residents,” and special treatment and monitoring of vulnerable individuals such as children and the elderly.
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The agency also reported another 19,310 new fever cases, without specifying how many patients tested positive for the coronavirus. In all, more than 4.6 million people have shown fever symptoms since a Covid outbreak was first recognized in mid-May.
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