File photo of people wearing protective face masks walk amid concerns over COVID-19 in Pyongyang, North Korea. SEOUL: The Red Cross has been training more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea, including to the locked-down city of Kaesong, to help fight the coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organisation said on Monday .
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has built an extensive network of North Korean volunteers to help residents in all nine provinces to avoid the virus and reduce damage from floods and landslides, spokesman Antony Balmain said."Hundreds of homes have been damaged and large areas of rice fields have been submerged due to heavy rain and some flash flooding," Balmain said.
"Families are being supported with psychological first aid and awareness activities to maintain hygiene and stay healthy," Balmain added.
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