And while South Africa has accepted outside assistance and aggressively fought the virus, North Korea has opted for isolation and, in the early phases of the pandemic, rebuffed offers of vaccines and other medical equipment. Tateda also points out that North Korea has a serious problem with tuberculosis, which is also transmitted between people through the air. “This is why South Korea and the world should pay more attention to North Korea’s struggle with Covid-19,” The Korea Times quoted him as saying. For Dr Edwin Salvador, the WHO representative to North Korea, that is the biggest frustration in his efforts to provide help. “State media continues to be the only source of information on the number of people with ‘fever’ in North Korea,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 07, 2022 13:46 UTC