North Korea Records First Case Of Covid, Refuses Vaccine


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North Korea says six people have died amid an ‘explosive’ spread of fever, a day after it acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak. North Korea said Friday that 187,000 people were being “isolated and treated” for fever.

“A fever whose cause couldn’t be identified explosively spread nationwide from late April,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.

“Six persons died (one of them tested positive for the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron,)” it added.

The isolated nuclear-armed country confirmed its first-ever cases of Covid on Thursday, saying it was moving into “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system” after sick patients in the capital Pyongyang tested positive for Omicron.

“On May 12 alone, some 18,000 persons with fever occurred nationwide and as of now up to 187,800 people are being isolated and treated,” KCNA said.

With its 25 million people not vaccinated against Covid, North Korea’s crumbling health infrastructure would struggle to deal with a major outbreak, experts say. Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw an emergency meeting of the Politburo on Thursday and ordered nationwide lockdowns in a bid to halt the spread of the virus. North Korea has turned down offers of Covid vaccines from the World Health Organization, China and Russia.

 

 


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