North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN held an emergency meeting of the Politburo of the workers ‘ party of Korea in connection with the first officially recognized case of penetration in the country COVID-19. According to reports, will soon be able to fly head responsible for the contact with coronavirus infection in Korea.
reportedly infected with the coronavirus persons illegally entered 19 July on the territory of the DPRK from South Korea via Kaesong.
it is Reported that the man returned home three years later after he escaped to the South.
the Patient has received a medical examination and was quarantined, and everyone who recently was in contact with him, according to KCNA.
the state North Korean news Agency gives more details: “a defector in the South suspected infection malignant virus after 3 years July 19, illegally crossed the demarcation line and returned to his home.”
After testing the blood and secretions of the upper respiratory tract of the patient gave a positive result, was “diagnosis that illegally returned to their home infected with a malignant virus.”
Presided over an emergency meeting Kim Jong-UN imposed isolation measures for areas around Casona and declared a state of emergency in one of the “relevant areas.”
“Dear Supreme leader noted that despite the fact that over the past 6 months on a national scale, took a strong defensive anti-epidemic measures on all sides and blocked all communications, there was a dangerous incident that it is possible to judge the penetration of malignant virus within our country. And stopped that in the second half of the 24 th immediately after the adoption of the report of this took a preemptive measure by complete blockage of the city of Kaesong and isolation of its regions”, – said the KCNA.
the Power not only to establish a list of persons with whom contact was an infected patient, but also take organizational actions. The Central military Commission is to investigate the structure responsible for illegal entry of an infected patient. Promised that those responsible will be severely punished.
Here is a quote about this from the message KCNA: “the meeting made a strict observation of the lame position of the guard service on the front lines of the war on the front portion of the corresponding region, where the incident occurred overrun to the South. And discussed that the Central Military Committee should make a report on the result of concentrated investigation, the guilty part in the occurrence of the incident, subjected to severe punishment and to take appropriate action”.
Recall that North Korea was one of the first countries in the world, announced on the backdrop of the spread of coronavirus to close the borders. In late January of entry for foreign tourists, was closed, and then announced the suspension of flights and the ban on entry and leaving the country. DPRK citizens returning from other countries, were subjected to 40-day period of isolation, to which was added 30-day period “medical monitoring”.
According to the authorities, by the end of March in quarantine was placed 10 thousand people. From February 12 to 14-day quarantine for all foreigners (including local staff) was extended to 30 days. Diplomats and other foreigners were evacuated to Vladivostok in March.
In February, it introduced the mandatory wearing of masks, and visits to such public places like restaurants was banned. Ski resorts and the resorts were closed, canceled military parades, marathons and other public events.
In early July, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the WPK convened an expanded meeting on which were summed up the work done over the past six months of work on the prevention of the epidemic.
According to speakers at the meeting Kim Jong-UN, “despite the global crisis in health care, we wholly blocked malignant virus penetration into our territory and support a stable anti-epidemic situation.”
As noted by the North Korean leader amid a new outbreak of coronavirus in the surrounding countries and neighbouring regions should “exercise the utmost vigilance and alertness without the slightest complacency and laxity, re-check and tighten anti-epidemic work.”
Kim Jong-UN has not been without criticism of those scientists, among which are “subject to indifference, neglect, chronic relationship and violation of the emergency anti-epidemic regulations”.
back in March, Kim Jong-UN ordered the construction of new hospitals in the country. By the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA) reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN supervised on the spot the Affairs of the construction site of the Pyongyang joint hospital. Despite the importance attached to this project, not everything goes according to plan. In any case, according to KCNA, Kim Jong-UN “made a strict observation of serious deficiencies identified in the economic and organizational work associated with construction.”
In particular, said that the leader of North Korea “severely criticized a permanent United strojstav because he still didn’t even budget properly construction and indiscriminately lead economic-organizational work”.
At the same time, said the KCNA, “dear Supreme leader noted that the permanent joint strojstav not considering resolving any issues �� the point of view of party policy. And criticized that if you leave the current situation without reaction, there is a high purpose and intention of the party had taken the initiative of carrying out a glorious and fruitful struggle for the construction of our nation, can be distorted, and can also capatalise the party’s image”.
