Seoul promised to help the DPRK to fight COVID-19 with the consent of its authorities

SOUTH KOREA is ready to provide any necessary assistance to the DPRK to combat the outbreak of CORONAVIRUS, the main thing is that Pyongyang agrees to this, said President Yun Seok-yol, speaking to the National Assembly.

“If the North Korean authorities agree, we will not spare any necessary support, such as medicines, including covid-19 vaccines , medical equipment and medical personnel,” he said.

North Korean authorities officially announced that an infected COVID-19 was detected in the country only on May 12. Prior to this, the government denied the presence of the disease in the country. Pyongyang calls the infection a "fever".

The DPRK will involve the military to supply medicines for "fever" to pharmacies Society

According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), over the past day, 402,920 new cases of the disease have been detected in the DPRK. Thus, the total number of infected people increased to 1.2 million. 50 people died from the disease.

South Korea has already said that they plan to discuss humanitarian aid deliveries with Pyongyang. Then the representative of the President of South Korea Kang In-song said that Seoul assesses the situation as difficult.

Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, said on May 16 that the country's pharmacies were not ready to work in an enhanced regime and criticized the ministers and the national HEALTH sector. He accused officials of being irresponsible in their work and poorly organizing the fight against the epidemic.

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In particular, Kim Jong-un drew attention to the fact that medicines purchased by the state do not reach the end consumer. He instructed the local authorities to involve the army in order to arrange the supply of medicines to Pyongyang.

Earlier, Kim Jong-un said that the outbreak of "fever" in the DPRK was the biggest shock to the country since its founding.