▲ The North Korean Central TV reported on the 14th that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea convened a meeting at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the 14th to check the operation status of the maximum emergency quarantine system and to reinforce political practical measures. Kim Jong-un wears a mask and listens to the report. 2022.05.14 Chosun Central TV screen
On the 16th (local time), the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern about North Korea, where the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is pouring in, not being vaccinated, saying, “There is a risk of rapid spread of Corona 19 in North Korea.” .
According to Reuters, Pounam Ketrafal Singh, director of the WHO’s Southeast Asia regional office, said in a statement released today, based on the fact that North Korea has not yet started vaccinating the virus.
“As a country that has not yet started vaccination against COVID-19, there is a risk that the virus will spread rapidly among the public if we do not respond with immediate and appropriate measures,” he said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it “expresses concern over the outbreak of COVID-19 in North Korea.”
The WHO added that it is still waiting for information from North Korea regarding the spread of COVID-19.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a commemorative photo while encouraging young people in Pyongyang who took part in the parade commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the “Anti-Japanese Partisan” (April 25). The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 2nd that Chairman Kim took a commemorative photo with university students and working young people in Pyongyang City who contributed to the successful guarantee of the parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army on the 1st. 2022.5.2 Pyongyang Chosun Central News Yonhap News” style=”padding:0px;margin:0px”>
▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un takes a commemorative photo with the parade participants
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a commemorative photo while encouraging young people in Pyongyang who took part in the parade commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the “Anti-Japanese Partisan” (April 25). The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 2nd that Chairman Kim took a commemorative photo with university students and working young people in Pyongyang City who contributed to the successful guarantee of the parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army on the 1st. 2022.5.2 Pyongyang KCNA Yonhap News
North Korea group filmed without mask after military parade
Meanwhile, Pyongyang has the highest number of confirmed cases and symptoms of COVID-19 in North Korea.
It is reconfirmed that the starting point of the spread of the stealth omicron (BA.2), a mutant of Corona 19, was actually a large-scale political event, such as a military parade held last month to unite the regime.
The North Korean National Emergency Response Command appeared on Chosun Central TV on the same day, and as of 6 pm on the 14th, 218,188 people had symptoms across North Korea, of which 83,445 people (38.2% of the total) were symptomatic in Pyongyang on the 14th alone. , the overwhelming majority among 13 directly-managed cities and provinces. As of the 14th, the death toll stood at 42.
Last month, North Korea mobilized the largest number of people ever since Kim Jong-un took office as the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong-un’s reign, the 110th birthday of Kim Il-sung, and the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (anti-Japanese partisan) coincided with a central report meeting, a mass demonstration (parade), and a military parade in Pyongyang. Festive events were held.
▲ North Korea’s Chosun Central TV released a video of Chairman Kim Jong-un’s activities at the National Emergency Response Command on the 13th to prepare a countermeasure against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Chairman Kim wore a mask throughout his visit to the headquarters, but even smoked without a mask on during his meeting remarks. A cigarette in Chairman Kim’s left hand was lit and smoke was released as it was. 2022.5.13
Chosun Central TV screen
Since these events were held mainly by Pyongyang citizens, all young people and university students from the provinces were invited, and in the case of the military parade, 72 military units stationed in various places and students from military colleges participated in large numbers.
Moreover, Chairman Kim ordered all the young people who were mobilized for the ‘bottom row’ of the military parade on April 30, five days after the military parade on April 25, to take a commemorative photo, and urgently transported the youth who were out of the countryside on Labor Day on the 1st. In the end, tens of thousands of people gathered in one place to take a commemorative photo of ‘No Mask’.
In the end, various political events that Chairman Kim personally approved, attended and nurtured were the cause of the spread of Corona 19.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a commemorative photo with participants in a parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army on the 27th, KCNA reported on the 29th. 2022.4.29 Pyongyang, Korea Central News Agency = Yonhap News
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▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un takes a commemorative photo with the parade participants
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a commemorative photo with participants in a parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army on the 27th, KCNA reported on the 29th. 2022.4.29 Pyongyang, Korea Central News Agency = Yonhap News
▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, wearing a mask, visited pharmacies in Pyongyang and directly checked the supply of COVID-19 medicines, the Korean Central News Agency reported on the 16th. The photo shows Chairman Kim wearing a mask looking around a pharmacy.
Pyongyang Chosun Central News, Yonhap News
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strongly rebuked the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) related medicines for not being supplied in a timely manner. The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 16th that “The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea convened another emergency council on May 15 and conducted a project to discuss quarantine measures.” In the photo, Chairman Kim Jong-un is wearing a mask and visiting pharmacies in Pyongyang City to understand (understand) the supply of medicines. 2022.5.16
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▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un criticizes the supply of medicines to the health and justice sectors… special order for military service
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strongly rebuked the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) related medicines for not being supplied in a timely manner. The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 16th that “The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea convened another emergency council on May 15 and conducted a project to discuss quarantine measures.” In the photo, Chairman Kim Jong-un is wearing a mask and visiting pharmacies in Pyongyang City to understand (understand) the supply of medicines. 2022.5.16
Pyongyang Chosun Central News Agency Yonhap News
Reporter Kang Ju-ri
