Two weeks after the declaration of “victory” in the fight against Covid-19, North Korea reports new suspected cases in a province close to the border with China. “Four cases of fever, people suspected of having been infected by the malignant epidemic, occurred on August 23 in a unit in Ryanggang province,” writes the KCNA agency. In the area, it says, the “lockdown” was triggered “immediately”.
North Korea, with a population of 25 million believed to be mostly unvaccinated against Covid and with limited testing capabilities, first confirmed cases of “fever” that erupted at the end of May in May. last April. Since then, the CNN points out that it emphasizes the absence of independent data, 74 deaths and 4.77 million cases have been reported, but no contagion since 29 July. And it was August 11 when Kim Jong-un declared “victory” over the virus.