North Korea deploys 'Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment Team' to Hwanghae province to battle an outbreak of an intestinal disease as complaints rise in Southeast Asian nation
North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease, state media reported.
Enteric refers to the gastrointestinal tract and South Korean officials say the illness may be cholera or typhoid. On Sunday state news agency KCNA detailed prevention efforts, including quarantines, "intensive screening for all residents," and special treatment and monitoring of vulnerable people such as children and the elderly.
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