With North Korea falling off the list, only five regions remain where no coronavirus cases have been reported. Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Saint Helena and the Pitcairn Islands, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in his web page.
These islands and archipelagos located in the most remote corners of the planet, with very difficult access and international connections, have served to continue unaccounted for cases of coronavirus.
Tuvaluan it is located halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Tokelau It is an archipelago located in Oceania, south of the Pacific Ocean. Saint Helena It is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, located more than 1,800 kilometers away from the western coast of Angola. The Pitcairn Island it is the only inhabited island (the islands are British Overseas Territory). It has an area of 5 square km and is located 2,120 km from Tahiti.
What’s happening in Turkmenistan
In Turkmenistan it is forbidden to use that term, both for the media and for the population, and of course it is prohibited in hospitals, schools, offices or parks. The term came to be removed from all brochures.
For months it was forbidden for society to wear masks, even going so far as to propose a prison sentence for those who wore them. In fact, he began to recommend that the population wear them only to protect themselves from the dust of the city. In the same way that he asked citizens to maintain a social distance of one meter, without giving any further explanation.
North Korea confirms its first COVID death
North Korea announced on Friday its first confirmed death from COVID-19 by an “explosive” outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread nationwide and has 187,000 people “isolated and treated” for fever.
The isolated country confirmed its first outbreak on Thursday and deployed a “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system” after several fever patients in Pyongyang tested positive for Omicron.
“A fever whose cause could not be identified has spread explosively throughout the nation since the end of April,” the official KCNA agency said this Friday, noting the death of six patients, one “diagnosed positive” for the Omicron variant. . Since the end of April, “more than 350,000 people have experienced a fever in a short period of time and at least 162,200 have fully recovered,” KCNA said.