North Korea has acknowledged having a coronavirus case for the first time since the pandemic began, with state-run media reporting Thursday that the country had detected the highly contagious Omicron variant in a sample collected in Pyongyang earlier this month.The ruling Workers' Party of Korea declared that the "maximum emergency" virus control system should be implemented, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.KCNA said leader Kim Jong Un called a meeting of the party's Politburo on Thursday and instructed officials to thoroughly block all cities and counties across the na…READ FULL ARTICLE
