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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Hyonhee Shin

N.Korea mobilises army, steps up tracing amid COVID wave

Military personnel from the Korean People's Army medical corps attend the launch of a campaign to improve the supply of medicines, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 17, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea has mobilised its military to distribute COVID medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients as it fights a sweeping coronavirus wave, state media outlet KCNA said on Tuesday.

The isolated country is grappling with its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak, which it confirmed last week, fuelling concerns over a major crisis due to a lack of vaccines and adequate medical infrastructure.

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