Kim Jong-un says ‘grave incident’ caused by quarantine lapse
Seoul | North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said a “grave incident” stemming from quarantine negligence has created a crisis, a statement that comes after the country claimed for more than a year it had avoided COVID-19.
Mr Kim said party officials neglected executing important decisions related to organisational, scientific and technological measures in response to the demand for prolonged national quarantine efforts, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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