(Corrects the number of deaths to 21)
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea reported 21 new deaths on Friday from people with fevers amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, which state leader Kim Jong Un called a “great disaster,” state news agency reported on Saturday.
About 280,810 people were being treated with symptoms, KCNA news agency reported.
(This story corrects the number of deaths to 21)
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang; Editing by Sandra Maler)
