North Korea: "No Prospect of COVID-19 Ending... Maintain 'Tense State' at All Times"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] North Korea has designated the end of COVID-19 as the top national project priority this year and has ordered to maintain vigilance in epidemic prevention.

On the 6th, Rodong Sinmun reported under the headline "Emergency Epidemic Prevention Remains the Top National Project Priority This Year," stating, "Due to the rapid spread of a new highly contagious variant virus, the global pandemic situation remains serious and shows no signs of ending."

The newspaper emphasized, "This situation deeply reminds us that strengthening epidemic prevention is the most crucial task that must never be neglected even for a moment, and it urgently demands that we maintain a constant state of alert and concentrate all efforts on ensuring the perfection of emergency epidemic prevention work," urging cadres and workers to "fulfill their civic duties in this year's emergency epidemic prevention efforts."

It also mentioned that the 8th Central Committee's 4th Plenary Meeting of the Party placed emergency epidemic prevention as the top national project priority, stressing, "A stronger political campaign must be waged to deeply instill in the hearts of the people that strengthening emergency epidemic prevention remains the unchanged top priority among the important tasks ahead of us this year."

Rodong Sinmun called the current epidemic prevention battle "a test of the party spirit, revolutionary spirit, and patriotism of officials," urging, "Recognize once again the importance of the tasks you are responsible for in emergency epidemic prevention work, remain maximally alert and motivated to maintain a popular epidemic prevention atmosphere and social conscious unity, and constantly think and strive to maintain a high state of tension at all times."

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