For the first time in two and a half months, North Korea has not reported any new suspected cases or cases of illness related to a corona outbreak. There were no new cases of fever from Thursday to Friday evening, the state media reported on Saturday, citing the Epidemic Prevention Headquarters. Of the more than 4.77 million cases registered since the end of April, only 204 people were still being treated.
The strictly isolated country had officially confirmed infections with the pathogen for the first time in mid-May and spoke of an epidemic emergency for the state. However, since then it has spoken of "fever cases". How many of them actually go back to a corona infection is unclear. According to experts, North Korea does not have sufficient testing capacities.
According to their own statements, however, the authorities are immediately sending "mobile anti-epidemic" and diagnostic teams to regions where "fever cases" occur in order to carry out PCR tests and antibody tests to determine the cause of the symptom. All "patients" would be quarantined and treated, it said.
Almost 26 million people live in North Korea. The World Health Organization (WHO) assumes that there has not been any nationwide vaccination so far.
