North Korea on brink of Covid-19 catastrophe, say experts

Number fallen ill reportedly rose to almost 1.5 million as country thought to be without vaccine grapples with what it calls fever'

North Korea stands on the brink of a Covid-19 catastrophe unless swift action is taken to provide vaccines and drug treatments, experts have warned, as the number of people reported to have fallen ill rose to almost 1.5 million.

The isolated country reported another big rise in new cases of what it continues to refer to as fever" on Tuesday, days after it admitted it had identified Covid-19 infections for the first time since the start of the global pandemic.