North Korea reports first death in Corona

International Desk: North Korea has not acknowledged its coronavirus outbreak for nearly two and a half years. On the contrary, from the beginning, the country's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, has been avoiding the issue.

This time, Pyongyang has officially announced that it will spread the disease in the form of an epidemic. Meanwhile, North Korea has reported the first death of a civilian in a corona attack. News from the BBC. The country's state-run media say the symptoms have spread to millions of people across the country. More than 2.5 lakh people suffering from fever are being treated in isolation. There are symptoms in about three and a half lakh people. The man died of fever in North Korea on Friday (May 13th) local time, state media reported. Omicron variant has been identified in the body of one of the six. Corona is already present in North Korea, experts say, but authorities said on Thursday (May 12th) that a person had been identified as the first victim.

It is reported that coronavirus is spreading to other parts of the country besides the capital Pyongyang. However, the Kim administration has not provided any specific information on how many people have been identified so far. North Korea announced a nationwide lockdown on Thursday in the wake of a massive Omicron infection. Exactly one day later, the country reported the first death. North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported that the outbreak of fever had been on the rise across the country since the last week of April. About three and a half lakh people have already shown signs of fever.

Last year, when the corona vaccine campaign was intensified worldwide, the international community wanted to give North Korea a vaccine made by AstraZeneca and China. But he rejected the offer, saying Pyongyang had kept the border closed and Corona under control since early 2020. Corona outbreaks have been reported in South Korea and China, two countries bordering North Korea.