n have basic medicines,” said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “Even if there are doctors, they are too few compared to the number of quarantined people, so they can’t check the condition of each individual.” After being admitted, only those with serious symptoms are proscribed fever reducers or pain medicine. Most people do not receive medicine, even if they display symptoms.
Moreover, within the facilities, the words “coronavirus” or “infectious disease” must “never be uttered.” “People don’t say the word ‘coronavirus,’” said the source. “The thought that it could be an infectious disease is something both doctors and the quarantined individuals keep to themselves.”
However, what the quarantined suffer from more are hunger and the cold. Three meals are provided at the facilities, but they consist of only rice mixed with corn and salt broth.
Because almost no side dishes are provided, people subsisting on the meals only often suffer from malnutrition. Because of this, there are many cases in which people suffering from a mere fever prior to isolation get sick and die after being put in the facilities.
People with power or money, however, can bribe facility administrators to receive saline IVs or they can eat food sent by their families.
This is just a privilege for the powerful with the wherewithal to offer bribes. Ordinary people are left neglected in the facilities, unable to contact their families or receive special food.
Moreover, the isolated complain of severe cold since 70% sleep on the floor due to lack of beds, yet there is no heating. The source also claimed that they suffer from poor personal hygiene because they are unable to frequently wash due to a lack of hot water.
They are, basically, left to die.
But no – no cases of Covid-19 in North Korea.
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