N. Korea reports coronavirus case for 1st time

N. Korea reports coronavirus case for 1st time

People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on May 6, 2022. North Korea's state-run media reported on May 12 that the country had detected the Omicron variant of the coronavirus from a sample collected in Pyongyang earlier in the month.

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