Kim Jong Un Criticizes Health Officials for Failing to Swiftly Deliver Medicines to Public Amid Fast-Growing COVID Surge

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blamed health officials for failing to swiftly deliver medicines to the public amid a fast-growing COVID-19 surge and ordered the military to step in and “stabilize” distribution, state media reported Monday.

Pyongyang officially reported its first coronavirus infections last Thursday and warned of an “explosive” outbreak as it scrambled to contain the virus with emergency measures, including widespread lockdowns.

Kim led a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party politburo on Sunday and “strongly criticized” officials for not immediately releasing state reserves of medicines to pharmacies, blaming their “irresponsible work attitude and organizing and executing ability,” Korean Central News Agency reported.

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