With no vaccines and woefully underequipped health sector, experts fear for the country under a wave of omicron infections.
On May 12, North Korea
So far, North Korea’s reported fatalities are far below the rough estimate. At least 61 “fever” patients have died as of Wednesday, including from related issues like medical negligence and complications from drug usage. In the wake of the covid outbreak, leader Kim Jong Un mobilized medical units of his military to distribute medicines to pharmacies with 24-hour availability,North Korea’s health-care system also faces logistical and systemic problems, including an ill-defined intensive care system and a lack of emergency transportation systems, said David Hong, a pediatric neurosurgeon who last visited North Korea on a humanitarian trip in November 2019.
“This could potentially be very catastrophic for the North Korean people,” Hong said. “And with limited communications with experienced physicians, they will need to determine appropriate treatment paradigms on their own for what has been a new and difficult-to-manage illness for most of the world.”
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