North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guided an emergency politburo meeting and ordered the military be used to stabilise the supply of medicines in Pyongyang as the country battles its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, state media reports.

The country reported 392,920 more people with fever symptoms, with eight new deaths, KCNA said. It did not report how many of those suspected cases had tested positive for COVID-19.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guided an emergency politburo meeting and ordered the military be used to stabilise the supply of medicines in Pyongyang as the country battles its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, state media reports.
The country reported 392,920 more people with fever symptoms, with eight new deaths, KCNA said. It did not report how many of those suspected cases had tested positive for COVID-19.

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