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North Korea admits to Covid outbreak for first time and declares ‘severe national emergency’
Omicron infections create ‘biggest emergency incident in the country’, according to state media, as Kim Jong-un chairs response meeting
North Korea has declared a “severe national emergency” after confirming its first outbreak of Covid-19, prompting its leader, Kim Jong-un, to vow to quickly eliminate the virus.
State media reported on Thursday that a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron virus, known as BA.2, had been detected in the capital, Pyongyang.
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