[朝日新聞GLOBE+] 新型コロナの感染者発生を認めた北朝鮮、なぜ今「18万人が隔離や治療」とも

LINK: https://globe.asahi.com/article/14619231?iref=top_carousel_1 北朝鮮の保健医療事情に詳しい韓国の安景洙統一医療研究センター長は「中国も現在、徹底的なゼロコロナ政策を取っている。北朝鮮も市民を緊張させ、防疫措置を徹底させるためにあえて感染者の発生を発表したのではないか」と語る。 安景洙氏は「北朝鮮はワクチンよりも経口治療薬に関心があるようだ。今後、治療薬の支援を求めてくるのではないか」と話す。

[AP] North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown

LINK: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-pandemics-south-korea-north-0e0cb1be7a3878a771124dcdcbdba06c Ahn Kyung-su, head of DPRKHEALTH.ORG, a website focusing on health issues in North Korea, said North Korea may want an international shipment of COVID-19 treatment pills. But he said the North’s admission of the outbreak is also likely designed to press its people harder to guard against the virus as China, which shares“[AP] North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown” 계속 읽기

[Washington Post] As world reopens, North Korea is one of two countries without vaccines

LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/24/north-korea-covid-vaccines-covax/ Ahn Kyung-su of the Seoul-based research center dprkhealth.org said Pyongyang’s “people-oriented” slogan was probably an effort to alleviate pandemic fatigue, and he noted that the restrictions remain in place partly because of the virus resurgence in China, which is being closely tracked in state media. “North Korea showed signs of reopening earlier this year in“[Washington Post] As world reopens, North Korea is one of two countries without vaccines” 계속 읽기

[연합뉴스] 코로나백신 미접종국은 북한·에리트레아뿐…”인도적 위기 우려”

LINK: https://n.news.naver.com/article/001/0013134651 안경수 한국 통일의료연구센터 센터장은 북한이 올 초 기차가 중국 국경을 잠시 넘어가는 등 국경 재개통의 신호를 보인 적이 있다면서도 “중국 본토의 바이러스 급증은 북한이 다시 엄격한 고립 속으로 되돌아가게 했다”고 말했다.