Lockdown all over the country

North Korea has announced that it is imposing a nationwide lockdown on the day the Kovid-19 pandemic began. This caused concern among the people. Food is also not available to most people. Some are allowed to leave their homes and work in the fields. South Korean news agency nk News has published pictures taken of areas in north korea along the South Korean data-border. It also shows some farm laborers working in the fields even after the lockdown was imposed.

However, in areas such as Pyongyang, where inflation is high, people are confined to their homes. Lee Sung Young runs the Daily nk website in South Korea. He has contacts with some people in North Korea. He revealed that in the city of Hansen on the Chinese data-border, people were banned from leaving their homes for ten days in May. He said many people collapsed in their homes after the lockdown was lifted. He said that without food, people were trapped and unable to move.

So far only 70 deaths have been officially announced. That means the North Korean Kovid mortality rate is 0.002 percent. This is the lowest in the world. "There is no proper health system. Vaccines are not even given. Do these numbers really matter? '' Said Martin Williams. He has been tracking North Korean information from time to time.

"On the one hand, there seems to be an increase in cases. The death toll on the other hand is not actually rising. Deaths even after two to three weeks of cases increasing exponentially. For international aid .. Official figures show a drop in newly registered coronavirus cases last week. An editorial was also published in the government newspaper on this. It said authorities were able to prevent the spread of Kovid-19.

However, "conditions have not improved. These are getting worse, "said Dr. Mike Ryan, chief of The Christian Science Monitor's Washington bureau. He said north korea was not allowed to examine the data. They said they had no clarity on the content of the cases. He said north korea had not responded, despite repeated calls to send vaccines. He said they would rely entirely on china for vaccines.

Twice as much from China

Customs data shows that imports from china to north korea doubled between march and April. services resumed this year after two years of data-border closures. Statistics show that drug imports have risen sharply in recent months. In april, north korea imported 1,000 ventilators from China. This is the first time north korea has imported ventilators since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. china data also includes ventilators i.e. small medical devices that provide oxygen treatment.

North Korea, meanwhile, imported 90 million masks between january and April. On april 17, south korea sent seven aid planes to china for help, according to South Korean government sources. air Korio transport planes appeared at Pyongyang airport on May 24 while examining satellite data. However, they were spotted at Shenyang airport in china a few days ago.