North
Korean leader Kim Jong-Un seen here inspecting a firing contest of AA
artillery personnel at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
(AFP/KCNA)
North Korea says it has
developed a vaccine that is "very effective" in treating MERS, Ebola and
AIDS, the state mouthpiece KCNA reported, as well as a range of other
diseases that modern medicine is yet to find a cure for.
The drug, known as Kumdang-2, is reportedly able to treat everything
from AIDS to tuberculosis and cancer, as well as "harm from the use of
computers" and morning sickness, according to the drug's website.
The isolated country's news agency KCNA is notorious for making hyperbolic claims about North Korea's achievements -- from scientific breakthroughs to the sporting prowess of its leaders -- and has previously trumpeted the efficacy of the drug.
Developed by North Korea's Pugang Pharmaceutic Company -- and promoted under the tag line "Everyone has the right to be healthy" -- the vaccine is made of extracts from ginseng with the injection of rare earth elements, KCNA said.
"The Kumdang-2 injection, a strong immune activator, which is produced in DPRK (North Korea), is very effective in curing diseases caused by malignant viruses such as SARS, Ebola and MERS," said the report.
An official checks the body heat of South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-Pyo as he visits the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration, Quarantine) gate connecting North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju
The impoverished communist state, known to have a weak health infrastructure, claims to have been testing this cure-all drug since 1989.
South Korea is currently battling with an outbreak of MERS, which has killed 24 people while 166 cases have been confirmed -- the largest outbreak of the disease outside Saudi Arabia.
North Korea has taken drastic measures in the past to guard against viral diseases, and it has recently intensified screening and vowed "watertight" measures at airports and border crossings to ward off the MERS virus.
Last year it imposed a four-month ban on foreign tourists, purportedly due to concern over the spread of the Ebola virus.
AFP
A South Korean patient suspected of suffering from MERS s admitted to Kramare hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia after the he was transported by medical staff from the Northern Slovak town of Zilina on June 13, 2015
South Korean health workers wearing protective gear sanitize a public bus at a transport company in Seoul
South Korean workers spray antiseptic solution at the customs, immigration and quarantine office (CIQ) of Gimpo international airport in Seoul
Residents wearing masks in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong to protect against an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). As South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the killer MERS virus, its fearful citizens have donned surgical masks en masse -- but the jury is out on whether they actually protect against the invisible enemy lurking in the air
Health workers wearing protective clothing spray disinfectant as a preventative measure against MERS inside a theatre in Seoul
A woman wearing a face mask as she rides an electric bicycle along a street in Beijing
A Thai woman walks past an information banner on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at the entrance of Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province. Thailand on June 18 said a 75-year-old man from Oman was confirmed to have MERS in Southeast Asia's first case of the virus since an outbreak in South Korea that has killed 23 people
A South Korean health worker sprays antiseptic solution at a village in Sunchang County, about 240 kms south of Seoul, after the village was opened following two weeks of isolation for quarantine in the country's MERS outbreak
The isolated country's news agency KCNA is notorious for making hyperbolic claims about North Korea's achievements -- from scientific breakthroughs to the sporting prowess of its leaders -- and has previously trumpeted the efficacy of the drug.
Developed by North Korea's Pugang Pharmaceutic Company -- and promoted under the tag line "Everyone has the right to be healthy" -- the vaccine is made of extracts from ginseng with the injection of rare earth elements, KCNA said.
"The Kumdang-2 injection, a strong immune activator, which is produced in DPRK (North Korea), is very effective in curing diseases caused by malignant viruses such as SARS, Ebola and MERS," said the report.
An official checks the body heat of South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-Pyo as he visits the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration, Quarantine) gate connecting North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju
The impoverished communist state, known to have a weak health infrastructure, claims to have been testing this cure-all drug since 1989.
South Korea is currently battling with an outbreak of MERS, which has killed 24 people while 166 cases have been confirmed -- the largest outbreak of the disease outside Saudi Arabia.
North Korea has taken drastic measures in the past to guard against viral diseases, and it has recently intensified screening and vowed "watertight" measures at airports and border crossings to ward off the MERS virus.
Last year it imposed a four-month ban on foreign tourists, purportedly due to concern over the spread of the Ebola virus.
AFP
Controlling MERS – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
A South Korean patient suspected of suffering from MERS s admitted to Kramare hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia after the he was transported by medical staff from the Northern Slovak town of Zilina on June 13, 2015
South Korean health workers wearing protective gear sanitize a public bus at a transport company in Seoul
South Korean workers spray antiseptic solution at the customs, immigration and quarantine office (CIQ) of Gimpo international airport in Seoul
Residents wearing masks in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong to protect against an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). As South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the killer MERS virus, its fearful citizens have donned surgical masks en masse -- but the jury is out on whether they actually protect against the invisible enemy lurking in the air
Health workers wearing protective clothing spray disinfectant as a preventative measure against MERS inside a theatre in Seoul
A woman wearing a face mask as she rides an electric bicycle along a street in Beijing
A Thai woman walks past an information banner on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at the entrance of Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province. Thailand on June 18 said a 75-year-old man from Oman was confirmed to have MERS in Southeast Asia's first case of the virus since an outbreak in South Korea that has killed 23 people
A South Korean health worker sprays antiseptic solution at a village in Sunchang County, about 240 kms south of Seoul, after the village was opened following two weeks of isolation for quarantine in the country's MERS outbreak
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