North Korea Covid

• North Korea has reported 65 deaths amid COVID-19 outbreak. Experts are skeptical

  The country says 2.24 million people have fallen ill in its first reported COVID-19 outbreak, as outside experts question the validity of its reported fatalities.

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  May 19, 2022
  
• Another spike in suspect COVID-19 cases reported in North Korea

  North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of "immaturity'' and "slackness."

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  May 17, 2022
  
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• Kim Jong Un blasts officials over slow medical deliveries amid North Korean outbreak

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to respond to the surging but largely undiagnosed COVID-19 crisis.

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  May 15, 2022
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• North Korea reports 42 COVID-19 deaths amid nationwide lockdown

  At least 296,180 more people came down with fever symptoms, and 15 more had died of COVID-19 as of Sunday in North Korea, a news outlet said.

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  May 14, 2022
• North Korea reports 21 new deaths from people with fever amid COVID-19 outbreak

  North Korea reported 21 new deaths on Friday from people with fevers amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, which state leader Kim Jong Un called a "great disaster."

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  May 13, 2022
• North Korea reports 1st COVID-19 death after ‘explosive’ fever spreads nationwide

  At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday.

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  May 12, 2022
• North Korea confirms COVID-19 outbreak, imposes nationwide lockdown

  State media said tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that they were infected with the Omicron variant.

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  May 11, 2022
• Kim Jong Un berates North Korean officials for causing ‘crisis’ in COVID-19 fight: media

  The state media report did not specify what the "crucial" was, but experts said the North could be wrestling with a significant setback in its pandemic fight.

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  Jun 30, 2021
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• Kim Jong Un warns of food shortages, extended COVID-19 lockdowns for North Korea

  The North's official Korean Central News Agency also said Wednesday that Kim called for discussions on how the North should deal with the "current international situation."

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  Jun 15, 2021