Last Wednesday, the 25th, the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang, had a lockdown of five days decreed by the local authorities. The measure was necessary due to a respiratory illness that has not yet been specified, according to NK News, which is headquartered in Seoul, and the Russian embassy in the country.
Initially, the news was conveyed by NK News, which operates following events in North Korea, and was later followed by a publication on Facebook from the Russian embassy, where he informs that he asks the delegations of foreign countries to keep the employees inside the proper facilities.
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In addition, it was shared by the embassy that “a special anti-epidemic period has been established”, also requesting that the people measure their own temperature four times during the day, informing the results obtained to a responsible hospital, for telephone.
The notice mentioned makes no reference to covid-19, despite claiming an “increase in cases of recurrent flu and other
respiratory diseases“. Thus, it is not possible to know, at least so far, whether it is a new outbreak of covid-19 itself or some other type of local flu epidemic.NK News reported, even on Tuesday, the 24th, that residents of the North Korean capital appeared to be making large purchases, to stock up, in anticipation of stricter measures. Others are not yet known or reported. lockdowns on the territory of North Korea.
Until the present day, the country has never confirmed exactly how many people had covid-19 there, and they only recognized the first outbreak of the disease last year, having claimed that North Korea had rid itself of the virus in August 2022.
The reason for this non-disclosure of data is not known, and it may just be a lack of methods to application of generalized tests, so that information may have escaped even the authorities themselves locations.
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