N.Korea reports 6 new COVID-19 deaths

By Hyonhee Shin
Updated May 17 2022 - 9:46am, first published 9:41am
Kim Jong-un ordered the army's medical corps to help fight North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak.
Kim Jong-un ordered the army's medical corps to help fight North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak.

North Korea has mobilised its military to distribute COVID medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients as it fights a sweeping coronavirus wave, state media KCNA says.

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