N. Korea has had 7 deaths from H1N1 in colleges

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Seven swine flu deaths in N.K.

North Korean schools have started winter vacation a month early due to the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in the communist country, an aid group said Monday, according to Yonhap News.
Good Friends, a Seoul-based group that frequently visits the North, said North Korean schools started winter recess last Friday following a joint meeting of health and education ministry officials.

Most schools in the North, including colleges, usually start winter vacation in early January.

Quoting a report of city education officials in Pyongyang, the group said seven North Korean youths, including three college students aged 21 and 23, died of the Influenza A virus in Pyongyang in November, while two others reportedly died in Phyongsong, north of the capital.

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North Korean human rights group 's joteunbeot' Newsletter 7, in which "adolescents in Pyongyang, 7 floors, including death in the outbreak rapidly spread throughout the U.S.," he said. The group "In the last round pyeongbuk a new flu Sinuiju China Dandong (丹东) near the border areas as the epidemic has concluded in the passed," he said adding, "security officials allowed the border states important to recognize and Dandong, Sinuiju pass through customs for all the travelers were instructed to establish a thorough screening measures, "he said.http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSI...0912080071.asp

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South Korea offers aid for North against influenza A/H1N1


South Korean president has offered Tuesday to send drugs against influenza A/H1N1 in North Korea, although the virus had killed dozens of people in the isolated country, and would spread quickly among the impoverished population.
A support group based in Seoul, Good Friends, wrote Monday in his newsletter that the epidemic had broken out in the North last month, killing at least 40 people in Sinuiju near the Chinese border, and seven in the capital, Pyongyang.

The North Korean media do not mention the progression of the pandemic, but the letter of the association is credible.

On Tuesday, President Lee Myung-bak has called for verification of facts and a study of ways to send vaccines to the North without conditions. "It would be good for emergency assistance is provided because the rapid spread of the flu worries us," said President Cabinet, according to a statement.

The Minister of Unification has been responsible for getting the message.

Lee stopped the unconditional aid to North Korean regime since he took office last year, leading Pyongyang has suspended talks on reconciliation and other projects. Since then, the South provides a timely humanitarian assistance. AP
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