Anti-epidemic Steps Reinforced in DPRK

Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- All areas and units of the DPRK strive to prevent any outbreak and spread of various diseases. The anti-epidemic and public health sector has conducted a more offensive epidemic prevention campaign while steadily improving the ways of controlling such epidemics as flu and reinforcing the practical measures. Paying attention to the prevention of respiratory diseases, the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters directs efforts to the work for maintaining the stability of epidemic prevention environment and providing clean life and work environments on a nationwide scale. Medical workers of hospitals and clinics across the country have conducted an intensive medical checkup among inhabitants to find out everyone with abnormal symptom and take timely treatment measures. Hygienic and anti-epidemic centers in Pyongyang City and all other parts of the country assigned detailed tasks to their anti-epidemic personnel to cope with the seasonal change of climate, ensuring the work to improve their professional qualifications so that they can skillfully deal with any situation. -0-