accession of course to nato, this of course would ditch both coming in sweden and finland would ditch decades of course of neutrality for both of those countries and really ignoring the russian threats of retaliation that we have been seeing. both countries really debating as of this hour this accession to nato. as soon as we have that note, nic robertson said it may be as early as tomorrow we will bring that to you. north korea is not saying how many citizens have covid-19 but kim jong-un is sending the military to help with so-called fever cases. those details from the region just ahead. dry skin is sensitive skin, too. and it s natural. treat it that way.
bring people together around these issues. it s unbearable to be afraid to leave your house. i mean, you probably have seen from friends of yours in the urs sz united states who say the same thing. and the amount of hate you are talking about online, and the people that have weapons that should not, what are we going to do? it s a terrifying situation. something does need to be done. we have reached the point of enough is enough. thank you for talking with us. appreciate it. north korea won t say exactly how many of its citizens contracted covid-19, but kim jong-un is sending the military to help with the so-called fever cases. those details in a live report from the region. we re back in just a moment.
welcome back, everyone. north korea is ramping up efforts to find hundreds of thousands of what it calls fever cases after reporting the first outbreak of covid-19. kim jong-un has ordered the military to help stabilize the country s medicine supply. state media said he strongly criticized the cabinet and public health sector for its handling of the crisis. what more are you learning about this, blake? well, rosemary, just a few days after north korea identified or admitted it s first ever case of covid-19, fever cases in north korea are surging with 400,000 cases
declared a major national emergency, ordered all cities nationwide to lock down and has said the current outbreak is the greatest turmoil to hit north korea since its founding more than 70 years ago, a telling statement from a current leader of a country that suffered a devastating if a anyone in the 90s when experts say 2 million people died. since north korea identified or admitted its first ever case of covid-19 late last week, fever cases in north korea have been surging with nearly 400,000 new cases reported yesterday. according to state run media kcna the outbreak started in late april and has since resulted in more than 1.2 million so-called fever cases, more than 560,000 people are still being isolated with symptoms and 50 people have died, although it is unclear if those fevers or deaths were caused by covid-19 and the reason for that uncertainty in the and the reason why we are still calling these cases fever
ever case of covid last week. and there were 400,000 new cases reported yesterday, and the outbreak started in late april and resulted in more than 1.2 million cases of the so-called fever cases, and more than 560,000 people are still being isolated with symptoms, and 50 people, so far, have died, although it s unclear if the favor cases or deaths were caused by covid-19, and the reason for that, the uncertainty and the reason we are calling it fever cases instead of covid, is because testing is extremely low and the vast majority of those showing symptoms in all likelihood have not been tested. only 64,000 people had been tested out of a population of more than 25 million people, and to make matters worse, experts are saying the country lacks