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North Korea reports 15 more deaths from 'fever' amid COVID outbreak
State media KCNA said a total of 42 people had died, with 820,620 cases and at least 324,550 under medical treatment.
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In this file photo taken on October 29, 2020 a 'hygienic and anti-epidemic official' checks the body heat of a traveller aboard a bus as part of preventative measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a roadblock at the entrance to Wonsan, Kangwon Province. North Korea on May 12, 2022 confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19, with state media declaring it a (AFP/Kim won Jin)
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orth Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever" after the country recently announced its first-ever cases of COVID-19 and ordered nationwide lockdowns.
State media KCNA said a total of 42 people had died, with 820,620 cases and at least 324,550 under medical treatment.
Leader Kim Jong Un has said the outbreak has caused "great upheaval" in North Korea.
KCNA reported that "all provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other."
Despite activating its "maximum emergency quarantine system" to slow the spread of disease through its unvaccinated population, North Korea is now reporting large numbers of new cases daily.
North Korea confirmed Thursday that the highly contagious Omicron variant had been detected in the capital Pyongyang, with Kim ordering nationwide lockdowns.
It was the government's first official admission of COVID cases and marked the failure of a two-year coronavirus blockade maintained since the start of the pandemic.
