SERIOUS SITUATION This picture released by North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday, May 14, 2022 shows Kim Jong Un taking part in a Workers' Party of Korea council meeting to check the operational status of maximum emergency measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the capital Pyongyang. KCNA PHOTO VIA AFP

SEOUL: North Korea announced 21 new "fever" deaths and said more than half a million people had fallen ill nationwide on Saturday, two days after confirming its first-ever Covid-19 cases.

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