BEIJING - At least one person, confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus, has died and around 187,800 people are being quarantined and treated after a fever "explosively spread" in North Korea, state-run media reported Friday.Since late April, six people with symptoms of fever have died and one tested positive for the highly contagious Omicron BA.2 subvariant of the coronavirus, the official Korean Central News Agency said, adding that cases of a fever of unidentified origin have been reported nationwide.Around 18,000 people caught the fever on Thursday, bringing the cumulative to…READ FULL ARTICLE
