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North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by HonNL(op): 8:35am On May 12, 2022

North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid cases on Thursday and declared a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un ordering lockdowns across the country.

The nuclear-armed country had never admitted to a case of Covid-19 and the government had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

But samples taken from patients sick with fever in Pyongyang "coincided with Omicron BA.2 variant", the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

Top officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting on Thursday to discuss the outbreak and announced they would implement the "maximum emergency epidemic prevention system".

Kim "called on all the cities and counties of the whole country to thoroughly lock down their areas," KCNA reported, although details of the restrictions were not immediately given.

Kim told the meeting that the goal was to "quickly cure the infections in order to eradicate the source of the virus spread," according to KCNA.

Kim added that North Korea will "overcome the current sudden situation and win victory in the emergency epidemic prevention work".

It was unclear from the KCNA report how many Covid infections had been detected.

North Korea's crumbling health infrastructure would struggle to deal with a major outbreak, with its 25 million people not believed to be vaccinated, experts say.

"For Pyongyang to publicly admit omicron cases, the public health situation must be serious," Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul said.

"Pyongyang will likely double down on lockdowns, even though the failure of China's zero-Covid strategy suggests that approach won't work against the Omicron variant."

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Nobody: 8:55am On May 12, 2022

First case by now. Hopefully they treat the issue before it gets out of hand.

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Sircarlos: 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Omo

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Rastaramsey(m): 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Corona virus is back huh

Make them WHO organisation carry their Rubbish throway undecided

We no want Corona jare

Corona wey carry third wave come before, he con disappear at the sight of war..

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Ellixlimswag(m): 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Wahala

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Rastaramsey(m): 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by hatakekakashi: 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Latecomers

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Nobody: 8:55am On May 12, 2022*

Mumuman of a president.
COVID 19 vaccine dem no prepare.
But can make nukes and threaten the whole world.
Who mumu pass btw Kim & Putin?
Likes for Putin's mumuness.
Share for Kim's mumuness.
The poll starts now!

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Illuminatiship(m): 8:55am On May 12, 2022

Na Kim be the target that dwarf na tyrant

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Oogway: 8:56am On May 12, 2022

Like if you feel Kim Jung Would assassinate the patient

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by kbams241: 8:56am On May 12, 2022

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Babacool100(m): 8:56am On May 12, 2022

Not serious. After everybody don move on

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Ahmback(m): 8:56am On May 12, 2022

Covid19 dey cross border without visa.

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by geunik(m): 8:56am On May 12, 2022

They tried

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by omoalayo(m): 8:56am On May 12, 2022

When world don forget covid

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by inoki247: 8:56am On May 12, 2022

lol oga we don move on no disturb us abg...

Kim fit say mak dem go kill the patient tru firing squad undecided

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by advanceDNA: 8:56am On May 12, 2022

most countries don't have direct access to north korea to begin with...their lockdown will hardly be felt

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Ewedegubbler: 8:56am On May 12, 2022

dem no kill am ?

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Divine081: 8:57am On May 12, 2022

Make this Kim no kill the person oo

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Sarsaproko: 8:57am On May 12, 2022

So on top all their isolation from the rest of the world.. Dem still catch this westerner's virus..Chai!
I'm pretty sure whoever is infected will be eliminated.

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by AntiChristian: 8:57am On May 12, 2022

1st Since?

Even Nigeria has thousands!

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by specialmati(m): 8:57am On May 12, 2022

let them keep it there ooh

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by NOETHNICITY(m): 8:57am On May 12, 2022

Oboy, shit is getting messier

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by KipeDadiya: 8:57am On May 12, 2022

is the scamdemic coming again?

Make I go park items for making sanitizer

This time no dulling ….

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by callmevirus(m): 8:57am On May 12, 2022

E don be for them

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by duduade(m): 8:58am On May 12, 2022

This their president fit Nigeria

I just hope he doesn't execute the patient and the whole entire family

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Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by Jmichael1(m): 8:58am On May 12, 2022

Late cumers...

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by phr0nesis(m): 8:59am On May 12, 2022

Sweetplum:
Mumuman of a president.
Vaccine dem no prepare. But can make nukes.
Who mumu pass btw Kim & Putin?
Likes for Putin's mumuness.
Share for Kim's mumuness.
The poll starts now!

The man is actually a mumu but the vaccine isn't that effective. And wetin the mumu need vaccine for when his citizens are all prisoners

Re: North Korea Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Orders National Lockdown by airsaylongcome: 9:00am On May 12, 2022

Daguga:
First case by now. Hopefully they treat the issue before it gets out of hand.

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Why do you “need” to learn programming?

What does a programmer do?

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