Kim in lockdown over the ‘fever’

Seoul – North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said yesterday, with the number of reported cases of “fever” nearing 1.5 million.

Leader Kim Jong-un has ordered lockdowns to slow the spread through the unvaccinated population and deployed the military after what he has called a botched response to the outbreak.

Hundreds of army medics will hand out medicines from pharmacies. –