Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 16, 2022 shows people marching past the square during a large-scale civilian rally and parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). (KCNA via Xinhua)
PYONGYANG, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday confirmed its first-ever COVID-19 case in over two years, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The state media said samples were collected from a group of patients in the capital on Sunday and a subvariant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of the coronavirus, known as BA.2, was detected.
The KCNA called it "the most severe national emergency incident." ■
