NK in lock-down but says it is not covid

North Korea told patients with an unknown fever they had flu, not Coronavirus as initially feared, reported DW. This claim comes just a day after authorities locked down the area in Ryanggang Province near China and deployed medical teams. “It was revealed that all of the fever patients in the Ryanggang Province were patients with the flu,” the state news agency KCNA stated and said diagnostic tests of samples, the nature of the symptoms, and information gained from contract tracing led health workers to conclude that the fevers were caused by influenza. Although lifting the lockdown, they urged residents to continue wearing masks and report any fever symptoms, reported DW.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un declared a “shining victory” over Coronavirus in early August, just three months after the country announced its first Covid 19 outbreak. The country has never confirmed how many people caught coronavirus because it lacks the means to conduct widespread testing. Instead, it reported daily numbers of patients with fever, a tally that state media claimed rose to some 4.77 million. Kim hailed the “miracle” of just 74 virus deaths. But experts cautioned the unverifiable figures seemed abnormally small for a country with such limited public health tools. Since then, the country insisted it had no new cases, as reported by DW.

Watch against contagion

In the last 24 hours 316 new cases of contagion and 2 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 300 in the last 24 hours, while there were 2 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.

State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.

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