North Korea Reports Its First Covid Outbreak.

The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a national lockdown after a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in the capital.

North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus, declaring a “maximum emergency” and ordering all cities and counties in the nation of 25 million to lock down to fight the spread.

Most Of Its People Remain Unvaccinated

Hours after admitting to the outbreak on Thursday, North Korea launched three ballistic missiles from Sunan, near the capital, Pyongyang, toward the sea off its east coast