{"id":50260,"date":"2022-01-07T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50260"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:33:30","slug":"north-hamgyong-province-authorities-shut-down-some-facilities-suspected-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-hamgyong-province-authorities-shut-down-some-facilities-suspected-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"North Hamgyong Province authorities shut down some facilities for suspected COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities in North Hamgyong Province are closing some of the facilities where they kept suspected cases of COVID-19 in isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province said Thursday that provincial emergency quarantine authorities \u2014 working with local quarantine stations \u2014 have been classifying and transporting people held at the temporary facilities for suspected COVID infections, as well as carrying out full-scale disinfection work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the provincial quarantine authorities and quarantine stations mobilized emergency vehicles and dozens of personnel to carry out seven hours of work at four places, including an inn located in downtown Myonggan County, where suspected COVID-19 cases were being temporarily isolated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source explained that as the four places were just temporary facilities rather than specialized quarantine facilities, the province has reduced their number to just two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the authorities have discharged some of the people who were in isolation at the four temporary facilities, while gathering together in one place the others who still display symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43980\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c.jpg\" alt=\"travel documents covid\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/origin_\ucf54\ub85c\ub09819\ubc29\uc5ed\uc704\ud574\ub300\uc911\uad50\ud1b5\uc18c\ub3c5\uc911\uc778\u5317\uc704\uc0dd\ubc29\uc5ed\uc18c-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo of public health officials in Pyongyang disinfecting a public bus was published in a North Korean newspaper after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the reduction in the number of facilities is evidence of increasingly fewer suspected or apparent cases of COVID-19. However, he said more patients at the temporary facilities died than were discharged, also leading to falling numbers, and that the victims likely died alone, unable to meet their loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source noted that while the authorities aim to concentrate all remaining patients in one spot as the number of suspected cases fall, as well as to disinfect the former facilities, they also aim to repair and expand the Myonggan County\u2019s inn to mark the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The party committee of North Hamgyong Province reportedly included the repair and expansion of the inn \u2014 as well as other local construction plans \u2014 in its 2022 construction goals to be reported to the Central Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The provincial party ordered that as soon as the passengers were sorted and transported, checks for fever and other health problems be administered to officials and other personnel mobilized for the effort, and reports filed to ensure the proper execution of disinfection work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ed%95%a8%ea%b2%bd%eb%b6%81%eb%8f%84-%ea%b2%a9%eb%a6%ac%ec%8b%9c%ec%84%a4-%ec%a0%84%eb%a9%b4%ec%86%8c%eb%8f%85%ed%95%98%ea%b3%a0-%ec%9d%98%ec%8b%ac%ed%99%98%ec%9e%90-%ec%9d%b4%ec%86%a1%c2%b7%eb%b6%84\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities in North Hamgyong Province are closing some of the facilities where they kept suspected cases of COVID-19 in isolation. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province said Thursday that provincial emergency quarantine authorities \u2014 working with local quarantine stations \u2014 have been classifying and transporting people held at the temporary facilities for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":50261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Hamgyong Province authorities shut down some facilities for suspected COVID-19 cases - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-hamgyong-province-authorities-shut-down-some-facilities-suspected-covid-19-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Hamgyong Province authorities shut down some facilities for suspected COVID-19 cases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The authorities in North Hamgyong Province are closing some of the facilities where they kept suspected cases of COVID-19 in isolation. 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