This picture taken on May 16, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 17 shows officers of the military medical field of the Korean People's Army going to supply medicines to resolve the epidemic prevention crisis over the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS
SEOUL: North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Tuesday, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 million.