North Korea: Kim Jong-un declares Covid outbreak a 'great disaster'

[Eugene]

Earlier report: North Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time (The Guardian)

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Source: The Guardian and agencies

North Korea: Kim Jong-un declares Covid outbreak a ‘great disaster’

Pyongyang reports 21 more deaths as it scrambles to slow spread of the virus across unvaccinated population

Staff and agencies
Sat 14 May 2022 01.22 BST
Last modified on Sat 14 May 2022 01.41 BST

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has declared the country’s first Covid-19 outbreak a “great disaster” as it reported 21 more deaths.

State media said 174,440 people were newly found with fever symptoms on Friday alone as the country scrambles to slow the spread of Covid-19 across its unvaccinated population.

North Korea said on Saturday 27 people have died and 524,440 fell ill amid a rapid spread of fever since late April. It said 280,810 people remain in quarantine.

State media didn’t specifically say how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as Covid-19 cases.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/14/north-korea-kim-jong-un-declares-covid-outbreak-a-great-disaster

[Irish_Dem]

1. The North Korean people are severely malnourished with few resources.

Covid is a dire emergency for them.

It is hard to believe they have not have a problem with Covid prior to this.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I suspect the situation is much worse than what is being reported.

I'm surprised that even this much information has been released.

[mitch96]

3. I'm curious how this is gonna play between COVID paranoid China and

totally screwed up North Korea. China has a ZERO covid policy so does that mean no contact with N Korea at all? What if the Chinese border area starts lighting up with Covid, what will Mr ZERO tolerance China do??
Hummm
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[usonian]

4. Send TFG. "I alone can fix it" nt