A member of the Border Guard, Sokju County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, February 2019.
Weewon County, Jegang Province, North Korea, borders China on the Yalu River. It has been reported that a blockade has been ordered due to a spate of deaths from suspected symptoms of Wuhan pneumonia. In particular, there have been deaths of soldiers within the local army, and the entire army has been placed under collective quarantine.
On the 24th, a source in Cijang Province told DailyNK, “On the 16th, the Party Central Committee and the Central Emergency Epidemic Prevention Committee gave instructions to the Provincial Party, County Party, and Provincial Emergency Epidemic Prevention Committee to blockade Weowon County for one month. According to the directive, people in Weowon County are not allowed to move around and are under strict control.
According to the source, Weowon County has been experiencing a spate of deaths due to Wuhan pneumonia. In particular, the storm troopers and border guards who were sent to the area to enforce the border blockade were also killed, and the situation is very serious.
The Weowon Dam in Weowon County is located between China and North Korea and is passed through a bridge over the dam,” the source said. The blockade is not complete because of state smuggling through this channel,” the source said. Earlier this month, a person involved in the state smuggling trade was quarantined at home with a low fever and died on the 9th.
According to the source, after that, people with suspected symptoms of Wuhan pneumonia began to appear, eventually leading to the blockade of the entire county.
Earlier this month, three soldiers from the Storm Troopers sent to Weowon County also died after showing suspected symptoms of Wuhan pneumonia. The three soldiers, who usually suffered from tuberculosis and asthma, died after only a few days after being diagnosed with pharyngitis and complaining of breathing difficulties and fever.
The DPRK government gave their bodies and ashes to their families. It is internally suspected that they died of Wuhan pneumonia. As a rule, when a soldier dies in service, he is buried in the mountain behind his unit, but in this case, rumors have emerged that this was not done.
According to sources, two soldiers of the Border Guard stationed in Weowon County recently died of high fever while suffering from nutritional disorders.
They were given antipyretic medicine by the military hygienist who thought that they had a cold, but the fever never went down and they died while being taken to the military hospital. Their bodies were also cremated, so rumors of a contagious disease within the unit increased.
The source said, “The Provincial Emergency Epidemic Prevention Committee reported the incident to the Central Emergency Epidemic Prevention Committee, and the Party Central Committee reported it to the Führer (State Councilor Kim Jong-un), who finally decided to impose a blockade. “Currently, 5-7 CEPD staff members are on the scene and are reporting to the Central Committee at any time.
The Defense Command and the Central Military Commission have also sent staff to Weowon County to work with the health care and medical departments on epidemic prevention.
The source said, “The local storm troopers and the Border Guard are in quarantine after a suspected death from neo-coronary pneumonia in the army. “It is the first time that the entire border garrison has been quarantined.
According to the source, additional Stormtroopers have been assigned to carry out the border blockade mission.
He said, “More than 1,000 additional Stormtroopers from the Tokchon Command in the southern province of Pyongan Province have been sent to fill the gap. “The new Stormtroopers deployed after now are in charge of the border guard in Weowon County and there are no Border Guard personnel.
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