North Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z62Y)
Regime has said it is imposing maximum emergency measures' and 187,800 people are being isolated and treated' after showing signs of fever
North Korea has announced its first Covid-19 death amid an explosive" outbreak of fever, state media said on Friday, one day after the regime admitted for the first time that it was tackling a coronavirus outbreak.
The official KCNA news agency said six people had died, adding that one of them had tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
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