Leader warns that a quick relaxation of coronavirus measures could provoke an "irretrievable crisis."
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pushed for officials to remain alert to COVID-19, saying that a quick relaxation of virus prevention measures could provoke an"unimaginable and irretrievable crisis," state media reported on Friday.
"We have thoroughly prevented the inroad of the malignant virus and maintained a stable anti-epidemic situation despite the worldwide health crisis, which is a shining success achieved," Kim said in a statement carried by KCNA. According to state media, Kim also sharply criticized inattentiveness among officials and violations of emergency anti-virus rules. He warned that a"hasty relief of anti-epidemic measures will result in unimaginable and irretrievable crisis," for the country.According to the World Health Organization, North Korea's Ministry of Public Health said the country tested 922 people for the coronavirus as of June 19 and that all of the results were negative.
Earlier this month, tensions escalated between the communist country and neighboring South Korea, with the North dramatically demolishing an inter-Korean liaison office in a town on the border between the two.
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