Kim Jong Un: N. Korea in ‘great turmoil’ due to COVID-19 outbreak – By Don Jacobson (UPI) / May 14, 2022
May 14 (UPI) — The quickening spread of COVID-19 has plunged North Korea into the “greatest turmoil” since its founding 74 years ago, leader Kim Jong Un declared Saturday.
The official North Korean news agency KCNA said Kim told a key meeting of the ruling communist Workers’ Party of Korea that an all-out effort to control the disease must be launched after 21 more people were confirmed killed by the coronavirus Friday, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported.
The reclusive nation on Thursday announced its first outbreak of COVID-19 since January 2020 and instituted lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus. More than 174,400 infections have now been reported nationwide, KCNA said.
