North Korea's low death count questioned amid COVID-19 outbreak

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North Korea said Friday that nearly 10% of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people have died amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, as outside experts question the validity of its reported fatalities and worry about a possible humanitarian crisis.

After admitting the omicron outbreak last week following more than two years of claiming to be coronavirus-free, North Korea has said an unidentified fever has been explosively spreading across the country since late April. Its anti-epidemic center has since released fever tallies each morning via state media, but they don't include any COVID-19 figures.

Kwak said North Korea is likely partly using the outbreak as a propaganda tool to show that it is overcoming the pandemic with Kim's leadership. But the country has “a Plan B” and “a Plan C” to seek Chinese and other foreign aid if the pandemic gets out of hand, he said. South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Thursday that “a considerable number” of the fever cases reported by North Korea include people sick with waterborne diseases like measles, typhoid and pertussis.

The NIS has a spotty record in confirming developments in North Korea. Some civilian medical experts earlier said they believed most of the fever cases announced by North Korea were COVID-19.

 

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Oh, seeking question other governments and their COVID-19 death counts, but not our own?

Maybe they simply have got it right

we will never know....

Maybe because covid doesn’t actually kill anybody

How is this news? Anything coming from the DPRK Government’s mouth should be questioned. Next headline please . North Korea is sus until further notice.

Maybe they have better experts.

North America’s high death count questioned amid COVID-19 outbreak 🤡

There are not a lot of fat North Koreans

Firing squad comes to mind..🤷‍♂️😏

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