No. Korea: 2014 Measles outbreaks

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Source: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/07/01/2014070100943.html

Pyongyang in Grip of Measles Epidemic

The North Korean regime has declared a quarantine for the Pyongyang area in frantic efforts to prevent the spread of measles, a source said Monday.

The source said measles broke out in the capital in early June, and since then travel has been controlled and preventive measures have been put in place...

...Due to a lack of vaccines, the North is merely putting the breakout areas off-limits instead of treating patients. Radio Free Asia last week reported that measles has also broken out in Yongchon, North Pyongan Province on the Chinese border.

englishnews@chosun.com / Jul. 01, 2014 09:34 KST

 

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Re: No. Korea: 2014 Measles outbreaks

Source: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/07/10/2014071001236.html

Measles Spreads Rapidly in N.Korea

Measles continues to spread in North Korea from the country's capital to other cities.

Radio Free Asia reported on Wednesday that measles broke out in Yongchon in mid-June and is now reaching Sinuiju, both in North Pyongan Province on the Chinese border, despite authorities? efforts to prevent the spread.

There have been separate reports recently that the country?s capital of Pyongyang was also hit by the disease in June.

RFA quoted a resident in Sinuiju as saying that although travel has been controlled between Yongchon and Sinuiju, the contagious disease has been quickly spreading since last week...