No Covid-19d-19 Here Or in North Korea: Turkmenistan
No Covid-19d-19 Here Or in North Korea: Turkmenistan
Yes, Turkmenistan is among the few nations on the planet claiming to have not had a single case of Covid-19, along with the DPRK, aka “North Korea.” The October 16 Economist reports, after noting the arrest of Nurgeldi Halykov, who reported that the British ambassador got it, who was, of course, arrested:
“Social-media networks and news websites are blocked. Police surveil mobile phones that can circumvent such censorship, Turkemenistanis cannot even access Zoom.”
Barkley Rosser
Known as AY.4.2, the so-called “delta plus” variant has been found in Massachusetts
Barkley:
I would guess it means they are lying, or have superior resistance to Covid? I gues we need to get some of their blood and draw the antibodies out of it.
Officially, North Korea has very tight controls over its borders, but, in practice, the border with China is extremely porous. Smugglers regularly cross the river. Now and then one of them doesn’t pay off or gets caught in an anti-smuggling drive, but North Korea relies on smuggling. I’m guessing the situation is similar in Turkmenistan.