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Jun 1, 2022 · It's been three weeks since North Korea announced its first ever Covid case. The government claims to have the outbreak under control, but the details remain a mystery. The BBC has pieced...
May 14, 2022 · For almost two-and-a-half years, North Korea has stuck to its claim it has seen no cases of Covid-19. Not any more. This week, the country confirmed its first infections. The highly reclusive...
Jun 2, 2022 · The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claims of progress in its fight against a Covid-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an...
May 14, 2022 · North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall the country since its founding more than 70 years ago, according to its leader Kim Jong Un, as the isolated ...
Jan 24, 2021 · Officially, North Korea has recorded no cases of Covid-19. Weekly reports from the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia office show that North Korean samples from PCR tests are...
Jun 2, 2022 · The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is worsening despite Pyongyang’s claims that it has been brought under control.
May 18, 2022 · For more than two years, North Korea claimed that Covid-19 had not penetrated its borders. That changed last week, when leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged an outbreak of the omicron variant that...
