North Korea claims to have 'defused' Covid explosion and reports no virus cases

Infectious disease experts have cast doubt on North Korea's claims, with the World Health Organization saying last month it believes that the situation was getting worse, not better

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (

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North Korea reported no new cases for the first time since acknowledging a Covid-19 outbreak in mid-May, state media reported.

The country said earlier this month it was on track to “finally de-escalate” its first publicly declared coronavirus crisis even as Asian neighbors experience a resurgence in infections driven by the subvariants from Omicron.

The official KCNA news agency said 99.99% of its 4.77 million fever patients since the end of April have fully recovered, but due to an apparent lack of testing, it does not released no figures on those who tested positive for the virus.

Infectious disease experts have cast doubt on North Korea's claims, with the World Health Organization saying last month it believed the situation was getting worse, not better, in the lack of independent data.

Members of the North Korean military provide medicine to residents of a pharmacy (

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KCNA said a rapid mobile treatment force is always on high alert and efforts are being made...