SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal illness, state media reported on Sunday.
At least 800 households affected by what North Korea has solely known as an “acute enteric epidemic” have acquired assist in South Hwanghae Province to date.
Enteric refers to the gastrointestinal tract and South Korean officers say it might be cholera or typhoid.
The new outbreak, first reported on Thursday, places additional pressure on the remoted nation because it battles power meals shortages and a wave of COVID-19 infections.
On Sunday state information company KCNA detailed prevention efforts, together with quarantines, “intensive screening for all residents,” and particular remedy and monitoring of susceptible folks comparable to kids and the aged.
A national “Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment Team” is working with native well being officers, and measures are being taken to be certain that farming will not be disrupted in the important thing agricultural space, KCNA mentioned.
Disinfection work is being carried out, together with of sewage and different waste, to guarantee the protection of consuming and family water, the report mentioned.
(Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
