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In what year did North Korea first officially acknowledge a COVID-19 outbreak? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2022 uint256

officialAcknowledgment
The date North Korea's state media (KCNA) first reported a confirmed COVID-19 case/outbreak domestically, which occurred on May 12, 2022 (reported May 12-13, 2022), when North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 case and declared a nationwide lockdown.
sources
, bbc news, 'north korea confirms first covid case', 12 may 2022, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61411649, cdn.who.int, documents.un.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.yna.co.kr, kcna (korean central news agency) state media report, 12 may 2022, confirming north korea's first officially acknowledged covid-19 outbreak, kcna (korean central news agency) state media report, may 12, 2022, confirming north korea's first officially acknowledged covid-19 outbreak; widely corroborated by reuters, ap, and bbc reporting from the same date, kcna state media report, 12 may 2022, confirming an omicron ba.2 outbreak in pyongyang; widely corroborated by reuters and ap reporting from the same date, kcna state media report, may 12, 2022, confirming an omicron covid-19 outbreak in pyongyang, north korea's first official acknowledgment of the pandemic within its borders, kcna/rodong sinmun state media report, 2022-05-12, as covered by reuters and bbc news, confirming north korea's first official acknowledgment of a covid-19 outbreak (omicron variant case in pyongyang), kcna/state media report, 2022-05-12, widely reported by reuters and ap as north korea's first official acknowledgement of a covid-19 outbreak (omicron case in pyongyang), kcna/state media reporting, as covered by reuters and bbc news, of north korea's first confirmed covid-19 outbreak announced 12 may 2022, kcnawatch.org, kelo.com, reuters, "north korea confirms first covid case, orders nationwide lockdown" (2022-05-12); corroborated by kcna state media reporting of the same date., reuters, "north korea confirms first covid-19 case, orders lockdown" (12 may 2022); bbc news, "north korea confirms first covid outbreak" (12 may 2022), reuters, "north korea confirms first covid-19 case, orders nationwide lockdown" (may 12, 2022); associated press coverage of north korea's may 12, 2022 kcna announcement of its first confirmed covid-19 outbreak (omicron subvariant ba.2), reuters, "north korea confirms first covid-19 case, orders nationwide lockdown", may 12, 2022 (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-reports-covid-19-outbreak-first-time-2022-05-12/); corroborated by ap news, "north korea confirms first covid case, imposes lockdown", may 12, 2022, reuters, "north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, imposes lockdown", may 12, 2022 (reporting kcna state media announcement); corroborated by bbc news, "north korea confirms first covid case, calls in military", may 12, 2022, reuters, "north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown" (may 12, 2022, reuters.com); associated press, "north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown" (may 12, 2022, apnews.com), reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid case, imposes lockdown' (may 12, 2022), and bbc news coverage of the same kcna announcement, reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid case, orders nationwide lockdown', may 12, 2022 (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-says-it-has-detected-covid-19-case-first-time-2022-05-12/), reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 case, imposes lockdown', 12 may 2022; and bbc news, 'north korea confirms first covid case', 12 may 2022, reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 case, orders lockdown' (2022-05-12), reporting kcna's announcement of north korea's first officially acknowledged covid-19 outbreak, reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown' (12 may 2022), https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-reports-first-covid-19-outbreak-orders-nationwide-lockdown-2022-05-12/, reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown' (2022-05-12), https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-reports-covid-19-outbreak-first-time-2022-05-12/, reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown' (may 12, 2022); corroborated by bbc news and reuters/who reporting on north korea's first acknowledged covid-19 case and nationwide lockdown declared on 2022-05-12., reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown' (may 12, 2022); wikipedia 'covid-19 pandemic in north korea', reuters, 'north korea confirms first covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown', may 12, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-reports-covid-19-outbreak-first-time-orders-nationwide-lockdown-2022-05-12/, reuters, ‘north korea officially reports first covid-19 outbreak,’ may 12, 2022: https://www.kelo.com/2022/05/11/north-korea-officially-reports-first-covid-19-outbreak/, who searo, week #19 (12–18 may 2022), https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/whe/coronavirus19/sear-weekly-reports/searo-weekly-situation-report--19-2022.pdf; yonhap news agency, 12 may 2022, https://en.yna.co.kr/view/aen20220512001254325, wikipedia, "covid-19 pandemic in north korea" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/covid-19_pandemic_in_north_korea): "north korea confirmed its first case on 8 may 2022.", wikipedia, 'covid-19 pandemic in north korea' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/covid-19_pandemic_in_north_korea): 'north korea confirmed its first case on 8 may 2022'; state media kcna reported the outbreak on 12 may 2022., www.38north.org, www.redstartv.org, www.reuters.com, www.straitstimes.com, www.theguardian.com, www.thejakartapost.com, www.who.int, yonhap news agency, 'n. korea confirms first case of omicron variant of covid-19: state media,' may 12, 2022, https://en.yna.co.kr/view/aen20220512001252325, yonhap news agency, may 12, 2022, https://en.yna.co.kr/view/aen20220512001252325; the guardian, may 12, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/12/north-korea-admits-to-covid-outbreak-for-first-time

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    #17632,022Reuters, "North Korea confirms first COVID-19 case, orders nationwide lockdown" (May 12, 2022); Associated Press coverage of North Korea's May 12, 2022 KCNA announcement of its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak (Omicron subvariant BA.2)
    #4752,022KCNA state media report, May 12, 2022, confirming an Omicron COVID-19 outbreak in Pyongyang, North Korea's first official acknowledgment of the pandemic within its borders
    #552,022from www.who.int
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