La Corea del Nord ha identificato il suo primo caso in assoluto di Covid-19, Lo hanno riferito i media statali mercoledì.
L'agenzia di stampa statale KCNA ha riportato il caso della variante Omicron nella capitale Pyongyang, calling the situation a “major national emergency.”
It is not clear how many cases have been detected.
An outbreak of Covid-19 could prove dire for North Korea. The country’s dilapidated health care infrastructure is unlikely to be up to the task of treating a large number of patients with a highly infectious disease.
North Korea had not previously acknowledged any coronavirus cases, though experts claim that may be a product of Pyongyang’s limited testing capacity.
Few believe that a country of around 25 million people has been spared by a virus that has infected millions worldwide, especially after its state media warned in 2020 that an incident involving a symptomatic defector from South Korea might lead to a “deadly and destructive disaster.”
Questa è una storia in evoluzione. More to come.
