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North Korea announces first Covid deaths amid 'explosive' outbreak
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 13, 2022 11:30am |
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| Author | Gawon Bae and Helen Regan |
| News Date | Friday, May 13, 2022 09:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Seoul (CNN)North Korea has announced an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and infected more than 350,000, according to state media, prompting fears of an impending and deadly crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation.
The announcement comes a day after the country reported its first ever coronavirus case, calling the situation a "major national emergency."
On Thursday, North Korea reported 18,000 new "fever cases" and six deaths, one of which tested positive for the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
North Korea has not confirmed that all "fever" cases and deaths are Covid-19, likely due to its limited testing capability.
"A fever whose cause couldn't be identified explosively spread nationwide since late April," the newspaper said. "As of now up to 187,800 people are being isolated."
An outbreak of Covid-19 could prove disastrous for North Korea. The country's dilapidated health care infrastructure is unlikely to be up to the task of treating a large number of patients with a highly infectious disease and the nation is not known to have imported any coronavirus vaccines. |
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