N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak


              South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers take positions in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Friday, May 13, 2022. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, its neighbors said, the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations this year and one that came just hours after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers take positions in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Friday, May 13, 2022. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, its neighbors said, the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations this year and one that came just hours after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              North Korean military guard posts, rear, and South Korea posts, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, Friday, May 13, 2022. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, its neighbors said, the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations this year and one that came just hours after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              North Korea's Kaepoong town is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, May 13, 2022. North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread "explosively" across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              North Korea's Kaepoong town is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, May 13, 2022. North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread "explosively" across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, top, visits state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters in North Korea Thursday, May 12, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.   Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak