North Korea has entered a “severe emergency” after confirming its first official cases of COVID-19, with leader Kim Jong Un ordering a nationwide lockdown on May 12.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a number of people in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, had contracted the Omicron coronavirus variant, also known as BA.2, although no further details were provided as to the exact number of people who have tested positive or possible sources of infection.
