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North Korea faces sudden COVID outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is lashing out at his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. North Korean health officials have reported at least 50 deaths, and they say more than 1.2 million people are experiencing fever-like symptoms. Scott Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke with Tanya Rivero and Vladimir Duthiers about whether North Korea is capable of dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak of this scale.

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Kim Jong-Un wears mask in public

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared in public wearing a mask for the first time a year after the country claimed it did not have a single case of COVID-19. While the rest of world initiated mass vaccination campaigns, the isolated nation sealed its borders and refused to accept a single dose. As Kim declares nationwide lockdowns, the official line is that one person has died of the virus in North Korea. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer has more.

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