Kim Jong-un says North Korea in ‘great turmoil’ after 21 new Covid deaths

Kim Jong-un said the spread of Covid-19 had put North Korea in “great turmoil” as he asked for an all-out fight against the virus outbreak in the country on Saturday.

The hermit kingdom, which closed its frontiers entirely when the pandemic began in 2020, reported 21 deaths and 174,000 new cases of “fever” on Saturday, just days after it confirmed the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Sporting a surgical mask, Mr Kim also chaired an emergency meeting on Saturday where he said the “spread of the coronavirus is very serious in the world, and means great upheaval for our country”, reported NK News.