Health officials confirmed a total of 50 deaths and over 1.21 million cases of “fever” since late April
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticized top public health sector officials for their “irresponsible work attitude” amid a widening outbreak of Covid-19, ordering the country’s military forces to provide assistance stabilizing the situation.
Speaking at an emergency politburo meeting on Sunday, Kim Jong-un issued an order “on immediately stabilizing the supply of medicines in Pyongyang City by involving the powerful forces of the military medical field of the People’s Army,” according to the state-run KCNA.
It is unclear how exactly the military will be involved in the nationwide effort to halt the spread of the mysterious “fever,” but Kim specifically emphasized the need “to correct the vulnerable points in medicine supply system and take strong measures for transporting medicines.”
The order comes after Kim…
