Foreign Policy

North Korea reports first COVID-linked death amid ‘explosive’ outbreak

By Cami Mondeaux
Published May 13, 2022 3:15pm ET
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North Korea reports first COVID-linked death amid ‘explosive’ outbreak
In this image made from video broadcasted by North Korea's KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wears a face mask on state television during a meeting acknowledging the country's first case of COVID-19 Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Pyongyang, North Korea. | (KRT via AP)

The first death of a person who contracted COVID-19 has been reported in North Korea just one day after the hermit country acknowledged the pandemic had infiltrated its borders.

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