Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise the distribution of Covid-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle against the country's first confirmed outbreak of the disease, state media said.

Last week brought the North's first acknowledgement of an "explosive" outbreak, with experts warning it could devastate a country with limited medical supplies and no vaccine programme.

Drugs procured by the state were not reaching people quickly or accurately, Kim told