Pyongyang reports 21 more deaths as it scrambles to slow spread of the virus across unvaccinated population
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has declared the country’s first Covid-19 outbreak a “great disaster” as it reported 21 more deaths.
State media did not specifically say how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as Covid-19 cases.During a meeting on anti-virus strategies on Saturday, Kim described the outbreak as a historically “huge disruption” and called for unity between the government and people to stabilise the outbreak as quickly as possible.
“We should take lessons from the experiences and fruitful achievements in preventing virus of the China’s Communist party and its people,” he said.
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