Since the very day it activated the nationwide emergency anti-epidemic system, the DPRK has taken strong and practical measures to find out and block all channels of virus infection, encouraging all the people to turn out as one in the anti-epidemic campaign, the article says, and goes on:

The rapid spread of the epidemic across the world getting more serious day by day calls for us to enhance the degree of our nationwide anti-epidemic work.

All sectors and units should scrutinize again their anti-epidemic works in a comprehensive way to make sure the flawless nationwide emergency anti-epidemic system and take thorough reinforcement measures.

It is a top priority work of greatest importance for the Workers' Party of Korea to protect and take care of the people's destiny and life.

Our Party, setting it as a very important state work to prevent the influx of the horrible virus sweeping the world, has taken strong anti-epidemic measures and pushed ahead with the construction of Pyongyang General Hospital as its top priority task.

This is because our Party regards the work for protecting and promoting the people's life and health as the most urgent and honorable revolutionary task. Our Party calls for doing our best to prevent the inflow of virus, deeming it more important than any success in economic construction.

We should keep deep in our minds the idea and spirit of the 14th enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th WPK Central Committee, thoroughly find out faults and shortcomings in the nationwide anti-epidemic work and take proper reinforcement steps in order to defend our Party's absolute authority and give full play to the advantages of our socialist system.