North Korea says 6 people died and hundreds of thousands of others fell ill amid spread of Covid-19 across the country.
in a largely unvaccinated population for the first time since the pandemic began.
KCNA said Kim was briefed on the fever during his visit to state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters on Thursday and criticized officials for failing to prevent “a vulnerable point in the epidemic prevention system.” Describing its anti-coronavirus campaign as a matter of “national existence,” North Korea had severely restricted cross-border traffic and trade for the past two years and is even believed to have ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its borders.
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