First Covid case revealed

North Korea has announced its first coronavirus infection, more than two years into the pandemic. The official Korean Central News Agency said yesterday an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang were infected with the Omicron variant. North Korea had previously claimed a perfect record in keeping out Covid-19, a claim widely doubted by outside experts. The country’s population of 26million is believed to be mostly unvaccinated, after its government shunned vaccines offered by the United Nations-backed Covax programme. North Korea has a poor healthcare system and other problems like serious food shortages.