North Korea's leader blames the outbreak on bureaucratic and medical incompetence.
State media reports that 27 people have died since April after suffering a fever.
The secretive country rejected offers from the international community to supply millions of AstraZeneca and Chinese-made jabs last year. Instead, it claimed it had controlled Covid by sealing its borders early in January 2020. At a meeting outlining new Covid rules on Thursday, Mr Kim was seen wearing a face mask on television for what was believed to be the first time.
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