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NORKS lack antibiotics to counter nationwide scarlet fever outbreak
 From East Asia Intel, subscription.North Korea is facing a nationwide outbreak of scarlet fever. The Daily NK newsletter reported last week that the epidemic had spread to northern and eastern areas of the country. North Korean authorities are currently taking steps to blockade those regions where scarlet fever has broken out, the newsletter stated. One North Korean told the newsletter in a telephone interview on Dec. 14 that the spread of scarlet fever in the large cities on the east coast of North Korea has become quite severe," and that "neither merchants nor people traveling for personal reasons can enter or leave the area and people are extremely frustrated. and extremely sick. Scarlet fever is spreading in Wonsan in Kangwon Province, Hamheung in South Hamgyong Province, Sinpo, Tanchon, Kilchu in North Hamgyong Province, Hyesan in Yanggan Province, the north and almost all of the eastern regions and it has also recently broken out in Hoeryong in North Hamgyong Province," the person stated. "With the exception of the military and people conducting business related to the military, the People's Security Agency, etc., travel is restricted for all citizens," the report said. Also saw another article about electricity shortages severely crippling railway transportation. As scarlet fever spreads on the east coast, the railway stations in the large cities are blockaded. Trains that are passing through do not open the doors to the platform, the report stated. North Korea lacks sufficient supplies of antibiotics to treat the disease, the report said. The Army-First policy probably provides any antibiotics for the Army, with nothing left for the civvies, except the Party muckity-mucks. While North Korean authorities are boasting of both their status as a powerful nation and military-first politics, the citizens are suffering from scarlet fever and a severely cold winter, the report said. So what is your answer to this humanitarian problem, Jimmah and Madame Halfbright? Or Speaker Pelosi, or the rest of the mindless. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-01-19 |
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