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Red Cross helps North Koreans cope with coronavirus, floods

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(VOVWORLD) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organization said on Monday. 
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Floods triggered by heavy rains in North Korea, August 5, 2020.

(Photo: Yonhap/ VNA)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency last month and imposed a lockdown in Kaesong, near the inter-Korean border, after a man who defected to the South in 2017 returned to the city with coronavirus symptoms. Heavy rain and flooding in recent days have also sparked concern about crop damage and food supplies in the  country.

Last month the IFRC provided North Korea with coronavirus test kits designed to run up to 10,000 tests, as well as infrared thermometers, surgical masks, gowns and protective gear.


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