For weeks now, the outside world has speculated about the severity of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in North Korea. And the entire time, North Korea has insisted that it doesn’t have a coronavirus case, even growing furious at a public offer of assistance from the State Department.
In what appears to be a rather drastic measure to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, North Korea allegedly shot dead patients that tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus (COVID 19).
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This is according to Secret Beijing insider, an anonymous social media commentator, who terms himself as an analyst on China affairs, the patient was shot dead. The story is still developing and there is still no clarity on the details of the patient executed by North Korea.
Last week, reports had also suggested that a North Korean trade official was shot dead for leaving coronavirus quarantine to visit a public bath. According to South Korean media, the victim, who had returned to the country after a visit to China China, was executed for risking the spread of the deadly virus.
As per its official statement, North Korea has repeatedly emphasized the country has not a single case of the highly contagious virus on its soil, though it suggested that there are people showing suspected symptoms. Raising fears that Pyongyang might be concealing an outbreak.
Pyongyang informed the World Health Organization that it had tested 141 suspected cases of coronavirus and all came up negative.
It is widely believed that it is the fear of the novel coronavirus that has also kept the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, from appearing in public, who has not been seen since January-end.
WHO officials have claimed that the North Koreans have reached through back channels to ask for supplies such as disposable gowns, gloves, and hazmat suits raising fears that the country may have cases of COVID 19.
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North Korean, meanwhile, has shut down its border and cut transport links with China. Foreigners visiting North Korea are being kept under quarantine for 30 days, while foreign diplomats and international organization staff have been restricted in their movement across Pyongyang.
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