30 September
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly attended a ruling party meeting to discuss ways to prevent a coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The Wednesday edition of the ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, said Kim presided over a meeting of the party's political bureau on Tuesday.
The article reports that the meeting pointed out "some faults" in preventing the introduction of the virus and debated ways to intensifying the state's anti-virus activities. What "some faults" means was not elaborated.
The article said the meeting stressed the need to guard against self-complacency, carelessness, irresponsibility and slackness in the efforts. It added that the meeting called for maintaining a "steel-strong anti-epidemic system."
North Korea appears to be stepping up anti-virus measures ahead of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party on October 10.
The newspaper reported that the nation will celebrate the anniversary despite the unprecedented crisis and natural disasters, such as typhoons that have hit the country.
North Korea claims the country has had no coronavirus cases.
In a related move, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, Kim Song, told the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that strict anti-epidemic regulations are in place in the country.
NHK
