State media report the country's first outbreak, but observers believe the virus has long been present.
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections.
KCNA said it was "the biggest emergency incident" that breached the country's "quarantine front", and that leader Kim Jong-un was in emergency talks to prepare the nation's response.North Korea has not administered a Covid-19 vaccine programme to its population, having rejected offers made to it of both the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine and AstraZeneca jabs.
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