{"id":44109,"date":"2020-03-11T14:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T05:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44109"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:33:03","slug":"sources-north-korea-released-some-people-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/sources-north-korea-released-some-people-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: N. Korea has released some people from quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources in Ryanggang Province have confirmed North Korean state media reports that some of the North Koreans quarantined between Feb. 1 and Feb. 10 have been released from quarantine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen the individuals were placed into quarantine in early February, the authorities had said they would either extend the quarantine period after medical checks or take those individuals out of quarantine within two weeks,\u201d one source in the province explained to Daily NK. \u201cAfter Kim Jong Il\u2019s birthday [Feb. 16], the authorities issued a surprise extension to the quarantine for 30 more days.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of those who were isolated for the extra month are no longer under quarantine, the source added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>NORTH KOREA SELECTIVELY TERMINATES QUARANTINES<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea&#8217;s state-run Rodong Sinmun published an article on Monday reporting that the country\u2019s central command center for emergency disease control had instructed all regions and &#8220;units&#8221; in the country to lift quarantines on specific people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These people included those who had been in contact with potentially infected individuals, and foreigners who had been under quarantine for 30 days, along with government employees, guides, interpreters, and drivers who had worked with foreigners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article stated that the \u201cspecified\u201d areas and units throughout the country were moving forward with lifting the quarantines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources have explained that, in general, those under close medical observation have been placed in isolation in state-run hotels or resorts. In the Sino-North Korean border region &#8211; where the threat of infection is higher &#8211; North Koreans under close medical observation have been generally quarantined at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rodong Sinmun article also stated that individuals who had shown no symptoms of the virus after coming into contact with those who entered the country (following the coronavirus outbreak in China) &#8211; and had already been quarantined for 40 days &#8211; were the first to be released from isolation in their homes or offices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the newspaper, a total of around 1,020 individuals were released from isolation in Kangwon Province while quarantines ended for another 2,630 individuals in Chagang Province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rodong Sinmun article further reported that \u201cevery region must have a list of those released from quarantine, by location, and submit this list to the <\/span><b>c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entral command center for emergency disease control.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those released will then receive a document confirming their release from quarantine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources have speculated, however, that quarantines on certain individuals have been lifted in areas outside of Kangwon and Chagang provinces based on the release of some of those in isolation in Ryanggang Province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rodong Sinmun article, however, noted that those released from quarantines are still under observation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing released from quarantine means that you\u2019re no longer being watched by the local police,\u201d one Daily NK source explained. \u201cBut the clinics and the disease control officials will continue to keep an eye on these individuals for [at least] another week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QUARANTINE &#8220;SIGNS&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources also told Daily NK that North Korean authorities have attached paper printouts with the word \u201cQuarantined\u201d on the doors of designated households.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local police stations and clinics, along with disease control officials, have spearheaded efforts to place printouts on quarantined houses. The printouts are reportedly being removed after the isolation period (a month) has passed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the glue dries out and the paper falls off the door, those in the quarantined house must find another piece of paper, write \u2018Quarantined\u2019 on it, and paste it back on the door. They don\u2019t give you another printout,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf local patrols find out that a house doesn\u2019t have the sign up or that it\u2019s been deliberately removed, they will drag the family to the police station,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%EC%9D%98%ED%95%99%EC%A0%81%EA%B0%90%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80%EC%83%81%EC%9E%90-%EC%9D%BC%EB%B6%80-%EA%B2%A9%EB%A6%AC%ED%95%B4%EC%A0%9C-%EB%B3%B4%EC%95%88%EC%84%9C-%EA%B0%90\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily NK sources in Ryanggang Province have confirmed North Korean state media reports that some of the North Koreans quarantined between Feb. 1 and Feb. 10 have been released from quarantine.\u00a0 \u201cWhen the individuals were placed into quarantine in early February, the authorities had said they would either extend the quarantine period after medical checks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":44112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[271,731,737,756,763,860,862],"class_list":["post-44109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-ryanggang-province","tag-jagang-province","tag-public-health","tag-kangwon-province","tag-covid-19","tag-quarantine","tag-rodong-sinmun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sources: N. 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