{"id":44436,"date":"2020-04-13T10:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T01:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44436"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:51:57","slug":"n-korean-officials-use-virtual-meetings-monitor-covid-19-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-officials-use-virtual-meetings-monitor-covid-19-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean officials use virtual meetings to monitor COVID-19 situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s disease control authorities have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation throughout the country through virtual meetings with provincial officials on a daily basis, Daily NK learned through sources in the country on Apr. 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The central disease control command reportedly submits daily reports to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un based on reports gleaned from disease control officials in each of the country&#8217;s provinces through the teleconferences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey\u2019ll hold a virtual meeting every morning and evening to report on the situation in their respective locations,\u201d one source in the country said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each provincial disease control command center reportedly keeps their virtual meeting platforms online at all times to ensure they are ready to receive emergency orders from the central disease control command.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These reports from Daily NK sources comes after the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that virtual meetings had taken place between disease control officials in the country on Apr. 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STILL LACKING TESTING EQUIPMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources confirmed that hospitals in the provinces \u201cjust don\u2019t have enough testing equipment\u201d so all they can do is take people\u2019s temperatures and check for fevers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If the person has a fever of over 37.4 degrees Celsius that lasts for more than three days, they\u2019ll just have the person quarantine themselves at home,\u201d one source told Daily NK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea is unable to place all potential sufferers of COVID-19 into quarantine facilities so the authorities \u201chave no other choice but to force people just to stay at home,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, North Korean disease control authorities have placed strict quarantines on those who have traveled into China or had contact with Chinese people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans working in the Sino-North Korean border region, such as traders, are forced into quarantine for a month before leaving the region. 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