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Politburo consultative meeting of WPK Central Committee held

Date: 29/05/2022 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

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The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea convened a consultative meeting at the office building of the Party Central Committee on May 29.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, guided the meeting.

The meeting was attended by members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee. Present there as observers were officials of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters.

The Political Bureau first heard a report of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters on the situation of the spread of the epidemic as of May 28.

More than 89 500 persons caught fever and over 106 390 others fully recovered throughout the country between May 27 and 28.

A cumulative total of fever patients found as of May 28 since late April is some 3 448 880, of which more than 3 262 700 (94.602%) fully recovered and over 186 110 (5.396%) were under medical treatment across the country.

Reported to the Political Bureau were the epidemic spread situation in each region, the characteristics of the course of the disease, various analysis data, the supply of medicines and the experiences in treatment.

The Political Bureau heard the results of the state-sponsored study and explication of the first place of the outbreak of the disease and the route of its spread before discussing the relevant issues.

It made a positive evaluation of the epidemic situation being controlled and improved across the country and discussed the issues of continuously stabilizing and improving the overall anti-epidemic situation while further consolidating the experiences gained in the early period of the anti-epidemic work.

The Political Bureau deliberated on the issue of effectively and promptly coordinating and enforcing the anti-epidemic regulations and guidelines in keeping with the current stable situation as to the epidemic spread.

The meeting heard the accounts of the technical guidance teams’ activities for the mid-term review of the execution of the Party and state policies set forth at the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee and discussed important issues concerning the preparations for the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee.

It also studied and discussed the orientations of other state affairs.

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