North Korea Reports  1.7 million  Infections with CCOVID-19"

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that negligence and laziness of government officials have exacerbated the "COVID-19" outbreak in the country, according to official media, at a time when the number of known cases exceeded 1.7 million, according to the French Press Agency (FPA).

It is worth noting that North Korea reported the first cases of the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19)  last week, and the number of infections with the “Omicron” mutant is increasing, which shows the failure of the two-year closure measures.

While presiding over a meeting of the ruling party's Politburo on Tuesday, Kim said there was "immaturity in the country's ability to deal with the crisis."

He criticized the "not positive attitude, laxity and inaction of senior state officials," according to the official North Korean News Agency.