North Korea confirms first Covid cases as sudden lockdown ordered

🔴The omicron variant has been detected in Pyongyang, with state-run news agency KCNA calling the situation a 'major national emergency'

North Korea on Thursday confirmed its first Covid-19 cases – a potential disaster for the reclusive impoverished nation which has repeatedly shunned international offers of vaccines.

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