DTMT Network

North Korea has said that in view of the grave situation such as the inroads of stealth Omicron variant into the country, the state epidemic prevention work shall be switched over to the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system.

In a statement, the government has asked everyone in the country to accept the instructions of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters as the demand of the Party Central Committee and thoroughly implement them.

The evolving situation has the potential for a grave crisis in the country that has not vaccinated its people despite offers from international agencies and shut down its borders instead.

In a meeting of the central committee of the communist party, the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ordered all the cities and counties of the country to thoroughly lock down their areas and organise work and production after isolating them from each other.

Though classified as a low-income country, only 12.79% of the total recorded deaths in North Korea are attributed to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions in 2019, estimates from World Bank reveal.