A wave of Covid cases sweeps the country.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has chastised health officials and ordered the army to assist in the distribution of drugs.

According to state media, more than a million people have been affected by a “fever” in Pyongyang.

There have been 50 deaths, although it’s unknown how many of those instances tested positive for Covid.

Because North Korea has limited testing capabilities, only a few examples have been confirmed.

There is a lack of vaccines and a poor healthcare system in the country.

North Koreans are particularly vulnerable to the virus.

In the remote country, there is a nationwide lockdown.

Kim called an emergency politburo meeting over the weekend, accusing authorities of botching the allocation of national pharmaceutical stocks.

He ordered the army’s medical corps to intervene with “strong forces” to “quickly stabilize the supply of medications in Pyongyang City.”

Specialists here believe the virus has been circulating for some time, the country revealed its first confirmed Covid cases last week.

Mr. Kim has implemented “maximum emergency” virus measures, which include workplace lockdowns and gathering limitations.

Last year, the international community gave millions of AstraZeneca and Chinese-made vaccines to North Korea.

Pyongyang claimed control of Covid by locking its borders early in January 2020.