{"id":54532,"date":"2023-03-31T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=54532"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:32:59","slug":"many-north-koreans-tired-government-emphasis-disease-prevention-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/many-north-koreans-tired-government-emphasis-disease-prevention-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Many N. Koreans tired of government emphasis on disease prevention measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite officially announcing the end of the country\u2019s outbreak of COVID-19 last year, North Korean authorities continue to emphasize that pandemic prevention measures remain their top national priority. With pandemic prevention policies continuing, North Koreans who had been anticipating loosened restrictions and border re-openings are growing increasingly disheartened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLast year, everyone had welcomed the government\u2019s announcement that the pandemic was over, but the government\u2019s policies still haven\u2019t changed from the COVID-19 lockdown period. People once had high hopes, but that hope is fading away as time goes on,\u201d a reporting partner in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Mar. 28, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out in early 2020, North Korea responded with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">draconian measures <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sealed off its borders. Imports of various raw materials, daily necessities and foodstuffs all dropped sharply, and the government used the pretext of pandemic prevention measures to limit people&#8217;s freedom of movement and reduce hours local markets could remain open. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the loss of crucial imports and heightened government restrictions, it became even <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more difficult for people to make a living<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, at a meeting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to review the nation\u2019s emergency quarantine efforts last August, North Korea declared <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that it had completely resolved the crisis and won the war against COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the announcement, many North Koreans hoped that the re-opening of long-closed customs houses would mean that they could soon return <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to pre-pandemic level market activities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many saw the announcement as a public signal that restrictions would soon be eased, according to the reporting partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrary to people\u2019s expectations, however, North Korea\u2019s government has continued to emphasize pandemic prevention as the top national priority and maintained restrictions, all while actively putting out propaganda intended to raise the public\u2019s awareness of the importance of preventing the spread of disease and instill a spirit of compliance with disease control measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe government is using its emergency pandemic prevention policies to exercise even greater control and carry out harsh crackdowns against people,\u201d the reporting partner explained. \u201cBy saying that pandemic prevention is a top national priority, the government is indicating that it intends to maintain its current <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restrictive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOVERNMENT STILL OPERATES ISOLATION FACILITIES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the reporting partner, North Korea continues to operate major isolation facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo one has been quarantined at the government facilities recently, but the authorities are still operating them, as well as the regional and local state-designated virus inspection facilities, in case there is a resurgence in the disease. The government has named emergency pandemic prevention efforts as its top national priority, so it can\u2019t get rid of the various pandemic-related facilities or it would lose its justification for continuing efforts to halt the spread of disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added: \u201cThe authorities are no longer visiting households to check for fevers. If someone has a high fever or exhibits COVID-like symptoms, people just inform the head of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inminban <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[neighborhood watch unit] or a local <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medical clinic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, North Korean authorities still do not have the proper tools to diagnose whether people have caught COVID-19 or not, the reporting partner claimed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere haven\u2019t been any recent instances where groups of people have developed fevers, but cases continue to emerge of people developing cold-like symptoms and ultimately die after their symptoms worsen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One resident of Kapsan County died in mid-January following a high fever, while another person in Hyesan\u2019s Yonbong 1-dong neighborhood died under similar circumstances in late January, the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also told Daily NK that residents of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaeunsong-ri, a village in Samsu County, recently <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received lecture materials that mentioned the negative impact on society of six people who had improperly managed their health and ultimately died after suffering from high fevers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe problem is that while [those six people] died from high fevers, no one knows whether their deaths were caused by COVID-19, tuberculosis, or the common cold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by Rose Adams. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/20230328-4\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite officially announcing the end of the country\u2019s outbreak of COVID-19 last year, North Korean authorities continue to emphasize that pandemic prevention measures remain their top national priority. 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