Seoul, May 13 (BNA): Six people have died and 350,000 people have been treated for a fever that has “explosively” spread across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak was first acknowledged. in the epidemic. .
North Korea likely doesn’t have enough COVID-19 tests and has said it doesn’t know the cause of the mass fever, according to the Associated Press.
The official North Korean Central News Agency said that 350,000 people have developed a fever since late April, 162,200 people have recovered.
She said that 18,000 people who showed symptoms of fever were detected on Thursday alone, and 187,800 people were isolated for treatment.
The Korean Central News Agency said one of the six people who died had the omicron variant, but it was not immediately clear how many of the total illnesses were COVID-19.
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