North Korea Covid-19 outbreak fears after Kim Jong-un warns of ‘huge crisis’ in ‘antivirus fight’
Leader speaks of a grave incident and sacks officials for neglecting duties in fighting global health crisis'
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has sacked several senior party officials over a grave" coronavirus incident that had threatened public safety, fuelling speculation that the coronavirus has breached the country's defences.
In neglecting important decisions by the party that called for organisational, material and science and technological measures to support prolonged anti-epidemic work in face of a global health crisis, the officials in charge have caused a grave incident that created a huge crisis for the safety of the country and its people," the state-run KCNA news agency quoted Kim as telling a meeting of the ruling party's politburo.
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