Covid-19 Omicron emergency: South Korea willing to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea

KCNA reports first case of the highly transmissible Omicron virus

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By Reuters

Published: Thu 12 May 2022, 7:19 AM

South Korea’s presidential office expressed willingness to provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea after it officially confirmed the first outbreak of Covid-19 in Pyongyang on Thursday, South Korea’s Newsis reported.

The North’s official KCNA said earlier in the day a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron virus has been detected in samples collected on Sunday.

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Published: Thu 12 May 2022, 7:19 AM

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