North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall the country since its founding more than 70 years ago, according to leader Kim Jong Un, as the isolated and impoverished nation scrambles to curb the spread of a highly transmissible virus that risks causing a major humanitarian crisis.

(SOURCE) https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/14/asia/north-korea-covid-outbreak-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html