North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blamed officials for failing to deliver medicine to the public amid the outbreak of the Corona virus and ordered a military mobilization to stabilize drug supplies.
According to the official Korean News Agency, Yonhap, the political bureau of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party, held an emergency consultative meeting on Sunday to discuss measures to control the epidemic on Sunday.
During the meeting, Kim expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of proper supply of medicines to pharmacies, even though the Politburo issued an emergency order for the immediate release of government stockpiles and their availability in a timely manner, ordering all pharmacies to See a pharmacy. Clock OS
The agency said Kim then “ordered the chairman of the Labor Party’s Central Military Commission to immediately consolidate the supply of medicine in Pyongyang, using the high capabilities of the People’s Army’s military medical field.”
The Supreme Leader of the Revolution blamed the judiciary and the prosecutor’s office, and especially the head of the Central Prosecutor’s Office, for their lack of legal oversight and control over the supply of medicine and the correction of “many negative phenomena in the circulation and sale of medicine throughout the country.” ”
The North Korean leader also strongly criticized the cabinet and the public health sector for the irresponsible behavior of their workers at work, saying they “did not roll up their sleeves to serve the people.”
After the meeting, Kim visited pharmacies in the Pyongyang capital to inspect the supply and sale of drugs, to check what drugs were available after last week’s maximum emergency order, and to check whether They were kept according to regulations.
Noting that most pharmacies are in poor condition, he said: “These pharmacies are equipped with drug display tools, but they do not have a store, and he criticized some pharmacists for providing services without using a proper white cap.” Inspection.
North Korea reported eight more deaths Sunday, bringing the total number of corona victims to 50, with more than 392,920 people showing symptoms of fever nationwide.
The total number of people with fever has reached more than 1.21 million, of which more than 648630 have fully recovered and at least 564860 are under treatment.
Last Thursday, North Korea reported its first case of Covid-19 since the start of the global epidemic after claiming it had survived the Corona virus for more than two years, and implemented a “maximum emergency” system to control the virus. informed.
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