South Korea’s Unification Ministry, however, responded that there is “no possibility” that the coronavirus entered the North via balloons.
The explanation given by North Korea in why he is experiencing a flare-up of his cases coronavirus. Specifically, he blames her for this South Koreasaying that she sends balloons full of virus.
The official KCNA news agency reported that an 18-year-old soldier and a 5-year-old child who had touched “unknown materials” in eastern Kumgang County developed symptoms and later tested positive. “A sharp increase in cases was seen in their contacts and a group of people with fever appeared in the area… for the first time”the Guardian reports.
KCNA in fact warned the citizens “to be wary of extraterrestrial things coming from wind and other weather phenomena and balloons in the areas along the line of demarcation and borders”avoiding however to name South Korea.
THE practice with balloons however, it is a valid point, as activists from South Korea have used balloons in the past to send leaflets against the totalitarian regime, as well as humanitarian aid.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, however, responded that there is “no possibility” that the coronavirus entered the North via balloons. “It’s hard to believe North Korea’s claim, scientifically speaking, given that the probability of the virus spreading through objects is quite low.”said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.
The North Korean regime, on the other hand, does not admit that the outbreak of the coronavirus occurred when cross-border trade with China resumed. “If they concluded that the virus originated in China, they would have to tighten quarantine measures in the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade.”said Lim Eul-chul, a professor at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University.
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