North Korea on Thursday reported 262,270 more suspected COVID-19 cases.
and restricted the movement of people and supplies between cities and regions.
Despite the vast numbers of sick people and the efforts to curb the outbreak, state media describe large groups of workers continuing to gather at farms, mining facilities, power stations and construction sites. Experts say North Korea cannot afford a lockdown that would hinder production in an economy already broken by mismanagement, crippling U.S.-led sanctions over Kim's nuclear weapons ambitions and pandemic border closures.
Members of the North Korean army supply medicines to residents at a pharmacy, amid growing fears over the spread of COVID-19, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo on May 18, 2022.The virus controls at workplaces include separating workers by their job classifications and quarantining worker units at construction sites and in its key metal, chemical, electricity and coal industries, KCNA said.
But it will be challenging for North Korea to provide treatment for the already large number of people with COVID-19. Deaths may possibly approach tens of thousands, considering the size of its caseload, and international assistance would be crucial, Park said.
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