North Korea Deals With Covid Outbreak After First Cases Reported

North Korea has announced a nationwide lockdown just a week after it reported its first cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began, which has now infected hundreds of thousands of people. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer explains how North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is dealing with the evolving crisis and whether people in North Korea can be treated and vaccinated against the virus. 

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