North Korea reported 15 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, bringing the country’s death toll to 42, according to The Associated Press.
Officials have said that a “fever” began spreading across the country in late April, the AP reported. Now the country is trying to mobilize more than a million health care workers and others to contain theAt the same time, outside experts have expressed concerns about North Korea’s ability to handle the crisis without aid, particularly because the population is likely unvaccinated, and the public health care system lacks medical supplies, tests, and treatments.
“As North Korea’s COVID-19 infections are explosively increasing, its death toll is expected to continue to rise,” Cheong said.to reduce the outbreak. Restrictions could further strain the country’s economy, which has faltered due to pandemic-related border closures and U.N. sanctions against its nuclear program.
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