As Covid spreads in North Korea, state media urges the use of traditional medicine against the virus.
Mouthwash could kill the virus in the lab, a study found.Covid is mainly caught by inhaling tiny droplets in the air via the nose as well as the mouth, so gargling attacks only one point of entry.
And once the virus has entered, it replicates and spreads deep into the organs, where no amount of gargling can reach.State television has advised patients to use painkillers such as ibuprofen as well as amoxicillin and other antibiotics.Ibuprofen can bring down a temperature and ease symptoms such as headache or sore throat.Antibiotics, meant for bacterial infections not viruses, are not recommended.Laboratory research suggests some may slow the spread of some viruses, including Covid.
But the economy has contracted in recent years because of sanctions and extreme weather such as droughts.Image source,Particularly weak outside Pyongyang, the health system is thought to suffer shortages of personnel, medicines and equipment. A report for the UN, last year, said: "Some of the pharmaceutical, vaccination and medical-appliance plants do not reach the level of good practice of the WHO [World Health Organization] and do not meet local demand as well."
have told of having to pay for medication or finding treatment and drugs limited to privileged members of the ruling party.
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