Cities across the country go into lockdown after North Korea reports first coronavirus cases – BBC News

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Kim Jong-un criticized the quarantine department as “lax and irresponsible”.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, discovered the first case of new coronavirus infection, which belongs to the Omicron BA.2 variant virus. It is unclear how many infected people there are.

Authorities have asked cities across the country to go into lockdown to stop the spread of Omicron, and will implement the highest level of emergency quarantine, the report said.

At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Jong-un criticized the “lax and irresponsible” quarantine department for its failure to respond “sensitively” to the spread of the new coronavirus.

Kim Jong-un also asked the party and government agencies to take comprehensive measures to avoid inconvenience to public life and other negative situations that may occur due to the strengthening of epidemic prevention and control measures.

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