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North Korea’s Covid Outbreak ‘Getting Worse’: WHO

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of ruling party Workers' Labor Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, May 17, 2022. North Korea on Wednesday, May 18, reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of 'immaturity' and 'slackness' in handling the escalating Covid-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: KCNA which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)(AP)

Writer Dezy Rosalia Piri

Editor Dezy Rosalia Piri

North Korea locked down after reporting its first case of Covid-19 earlier in May, with leader Kim Jong Un blasting top officials of his Workers’ Party for their “immature response” to the pandemic and the slow delivery of medicines.

In the days after confirming its first Covid outbreak, Pyongyang reported hundreds of thousands of cases of fever, raising alarm among public health experts who worried about the country’s unpreparedness to tackle the outbreak.

Meanwhile, KCNA reported that the country has successfully put up a fight against drought and a looming food shortage, with key economic activities like rice farming having picked up pace.

KCNA reported the country had also ramped up a push to supply people with medicines they’d need to protect their life.

Sources: Reuters, AFP

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