The North Korean leader castigated the negligence and laziness of civil servants who have aggravated the coronavirus epidemic in the country, reported the official media.
Le Monde With AFP
More than 1.7 million cases, and the anger of Kim Jong-un. President of a party meeting on Tuesday, the North Korean leader said that there was “a lack of maturity in the ability of the state to face the crisis” and criticized “the non-positive attitude, the softness And the inactivity of senior state officials, “said the official KCNA agency on Wednesday, May 18.
North Korea recorded 232,880 new cases of “fever” on Tuesday evening, which brings the total balance sheet to 1.72 million cases and 62 deaths, according to the same source. During the meeting on Tuesday, Kim Jong-un promised to “wake up the whole party as an active volcano” to counter the propagation of the virus.
Since the country announced its first case of COVID-19 last Thursday, the leader personally took control of the fight against the epidemic, which, according to him, provokes “great upheavals” in the country. He notably ordered a national confinement, its population not being vaccinated, and deployed the army so that it helps to fight against the coronavirus.
WHO calls without response
The army “urgently deployed its powerful forces in all pharmacies in the city of Pyongyang and began to provide medication as part of a service offered 24 hours a day,” said Kcna.
The World Health Organization (WHO), however, worried on Tuesday, ravages that omicron can cause the non -vaccinated population of North Korea, and reiterated its assistance offer from vaccines to equipment medical. For the time being, the authorities of Pyongyang do not seem to have answered these calls.
The North Korean health system was classified 193