{"id":51713,"date":"2022-05-20T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T05:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=51713"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:33:29","slug":"n-korea-orders-factories-to-expand-production-of-disease-control-related-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-orders-factories-to-expand-production-of-disease-control-related-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea orders factories to expand production of disease control-related supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following North Korea\u2019s announcement of its implementation of a \u201cmaximum emergency quarantine system,\u201d factories in the country\u2019s provinces have begun emergency production of disease control-related supplies on orders from the State Emergency Anti-epidemic Command (SEAC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the move to the maximum emergency quarantine system, SEAC ordered all factories in the provinces to join the \u2018battle\u2019 to produce masks, gloves, protective clothing, protective shoes and disinfectants,\u201d a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on May 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the government issued an emergency order seeking the cooperation of factories to urgently overcome the shortage of disease control-related products at a time when the country\u2019s medical and economic infrastructure are unable to cope with the spread of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source explained that there is a huge lack of disease control-related supplies in North Korea and that even if public health authorities focus on disease prevention and medical treatments, they do not have all the supplies they need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, doctors and quarantine officials must check the conditions of registered patients several times a day, but are afraid to come into contact with them because they lack protective clothing, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea recently began mobilizing its citizens to help out with the country\u2019s spring planting, but concerns have been raised about the spread of mass infection due to the lack of masks at a time when physical distancing is necessary but impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to these concerns, SEAC has ordered textile, paper, shoe, and clothing factories in each province to \u201cfocus on the production of masks, gloves, protective clothing, and other essentials for disease prevention that are currently lacking in the transition to the maximum emergency quarantine system,&#8221; the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, the government instructed factories to start emergency production of the supplies as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFollowing SEAC\u2019s instructions, all government agencies including the party committee and the people&#8217;s committee of North Hamgyong Province have been running themselves ragged to [ensure that factories] fulfill daily production quotas,\u201d said the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Hamgyong Province, for its part, has ordered that emergency textile supplies be distributed to factories that are operational among the around 30 small and large plants in the province. The province has also ordered that guards thoroughly monitor the factories to prevent raw materials and finished products from being stolen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The translator requested anonymity. Edited by Robert Lauler.<\/em><\/strong><\/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\/20220519-2\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following North Korea\u2019s announcement of its implementation of a \u201cmaximum emergency quarantine system,\u201d factories in the country\u2019s provinces have begun emergency production of disease control-related supplies on orders from the State Emergency Anti-epidemic Command (SEAC). \u201cWith the move to the maximum emergency quarantine system, SEAC ordered all factories in the provinces to join the \u2018battle\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":43924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[763,860],"class_list":["post-51713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-quarantine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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