After detect its first official Covid infections, North Korea has imposed a severe countrywide lockdown.

The capital, Pyongyang, has been hit by an Omicron outbreak, according to state media, but the number of cases is unknown.

North Korea has refused to participate in any vaccine programme, even when other countries have offered to supply it.

Instead, it kept Covid under control by locking its boundaries, despite the fact that specialists believe the virus has been present for a long time.

Outsiders claim the country’s 25 million people are at risk owing to the lack of a Covid-19 immunization programme, despite the country’s rejection of international offers to deliver millions of AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines last year.

Concerns have also been expressed concerning North Korea’s ailing healthcare system.

KCNA reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had pledged to end the epidemic, which it described as a “grave national emergency” that had breached the country’s “quarantine barrier.”

Mr. Kim was shown on camera for the first time wearing a face mask during the discussion explaining the new Covid restrictions. He quickly removed it, although the other officials present did not.

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