The state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters enhances its capability to control the epidemic spread and wages versatile planning and command to achieve thorough material and technical readiness to cope with threats and challenges in the future.

The anti-epidemic and public health sectors focus all their efforts on building a scientifically accurate and advanced anti-epidemic foundation.

The work system is reinforced and the emergency plan and order of action are given concrete shapes while work to apply advanced anti-epidemic experiences in compliance with the actual situation is stepped up.

Priority is given to the supply of facilities, reagents and materials needed in test stations across the country and the research of separation, identification and variants of COVID-19.

Emergency anti-epidemic units and preventive and curative organs at all levels take timely measures to confirm and cope with fever cases.

The efficiency of the newly developed video diagnosis aid system is positively evaluated through a clinical examination and practical steps for applying it as soon as possible are pushed ahead with.

Experts from relevant units, including Pyongyang University of Medicine, wage research activities to bring light to the cause of relapses and to establish an optimized treatment method.

They also carry on full-scale research to scientifically and technically clarify the reason of the low fatality rate in contrast to the speed of the malignant epidemic spread in the country and initiatively cope with the Omicron sub-variants appearing around the world today.

Joint research and cooperation between central-level hospitals including the Korea General Red Cross Hospital are tightened to realize standardization of treatment methods according to various symptoms and constitutional characteristics.

Medical training institutions and anti-epidemic and public health units at all levels actively conduct the work to make sure hygiene and anti-epidemic workers on the job possess the practical qualities and skills to effectively cope with any epidemic crisis.