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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Feb 13, 2020, 02:44 PM Feb 2020

The coronavirus has reportedly spread to North Korea. The country isn't equipped to fight it. [View all]

South Korean news outlets say the novel coronavirus has spread to North Korea.

Though the country has further isolated itself from the rest of the world, its lack of medical supplies and "crumbling" healthcare system leave it ill-equipped to handle an outbreak, experts say.

Kim Jong Un recently canceled an annual parade that celebrates the founding of the military's armed forces. He did not give an explanation, fueling suspicions about the virus.

"They cannot produce the medicine they need because of the sanctions," a former World Health Organization official told Insider. "Nothing new has come to the country to updates their medicine or technology."

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-reportedly-spread-north-korea-163908984.html

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