N. Korea confirms 1st case of omicron variant of COVID-19

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, rear) presides over a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party at the headquarters of the party's Central Committee in Pyongyang on May 12, 2022, over the discovery on May 8 of the North's first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19, in this photo taken from the website of the North's official Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) (END)