News Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday declared a “shining victory” over Covid-19, after officials reported no new cases of the virus for nearly two weeks.
Presiding over a meeting with health workers and scientists, Kim announced a “victory… in the war against the malignant pandemic disease,” according to the government news agency KCNA.
The isolated country, which has maintained a rigid coronavirus blockade since the start of the pandemic, announced an Omicron outbreak in the capital Pyongyang in May and activated a “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system”.
North Korea refers to “fever patients” rather than “Covid patients” in case reports, apparently due to a lack of testing capacity.
Since July 29, Pyongyang has been reporting new no cases of the virus.
