South Korean government officials believe the mysterious outbreak is likely to have been caused by either cholera or typhoid.
the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency , the port city of Haeju is facing an “acute enteric epidemic” outbreak, without providing additional details.
To tackle the outbreak, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un sent medicines “prepared by his family” to Haeju and ordered local health officials to rapidly contain the outbreak, the report adds. South Korean government officials believe the mysterious outbreak is likely to have been caused by either cholera or typhoid—both bacterial diseases contracted from contaminated water or food, ReutersNorth Korea also reported 26,010 suspected new Covid-19 cases or ‘fevers’ and one death on Thursday, pushing the country’s official Covid-19 death toll to 73.4,558,260.
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