Kim slams negligent officials over spiralling N. Korea Covid outbreak

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Kim promised to 'arouse the whole Party like an active volcano' to counter the spread of the virus.

The nuclear-armed country reported its first coronavirus cases last week, and the Omicron variant-fuelled outbreak has since ballooned -- marking the failure of a two-year blockade maintained since the start of the pandemic.

North Korea recorded 232,880 new cases of"fever" as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths, KCNA said. At the Tuesday meeting, Kim promised to"arouse the whole Party like an active volcano" to counter the spread of the virus. Medicines donated by the Kim family were distributed to North Koreans in South Hwanghae province, state media said, in a bid to highlight his personal role in fighting the outbreak.

 

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