The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) has released over 300,000 Swiss Francs from its Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) in response to a continuing outbreak of the Influenza A H1N1 virus in North Korea, the humanitarian group announced on Monday.

The release of the 303,779 Swiss Francs follows information shared by DPRK authorities to the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 25, revealing 178,259 influenza-like illness (ILI) cases and 110,015 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A across the country.

The funds will be used to support the DPRK Red Cross in fighting what the IFRC has described as a “rapidly developing”