North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country’s first officially acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has described as a "major national emergency."
Highlights
- A further 392,920 new cases of “fever” and eight deaths were recorded between Saturday and Sunday evening.
- That brings the total number of reported cases to 1.2 million, with more than 648,000 recovered.
- The total death toll now stands at 50, with many people still suffering from the disease.
- The military is scrambling to respond to what state media has described as a “major national emergency” in the country’s first officially acknowledged outbreak of “Covid-19” State media report: More than 1 million people have been infected with the disease since April 1, 2009.
- The disease is believed to be the worst in the world, killing more than 1,000 people.