A North Korean health official disinfects an escalator at an exhibition center in Pyongyang | Image: Rodong Sinmun (Aug. 29, 2021)
Updated at 7:49 p.m. May 13 KST
At least one North Korean confirmed to have COVID-19 has died and 187,800 are under quarantine due to “fever,” North Korea’s state media reported on Friday, a day after confirming the country’s first outbreak.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also reported that approximately 18,000 people experienced fevers on May 12 alone and that six had died. Of those six, only one person tested positive for the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.
“A fever whose cause couldn’t be identified explosively spread nationwide from late April and more than
Updated at 7:49 p.m. May 13 KST
At least one North Korean confirmed to have COVID-19 has died and 187,800 are under quarantine due to “fever,” North Korea’s state media reported on Friday, a day after confirming the country’s first outbreak.
Chaewon Chung is a Seoul correspondent at NK News. Before joining NK News, she covered disinformation and technology with a focus on the Korean Peninsula at Coda Story.
