An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dinning room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea Photo: AP
An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dinning room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea Photo: AP
Asia /  East Asia

Coronavirus: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un says pandemic situation controlled and improving

  • On Sunday, North Korea reported 89,500 new patients with fever symptoms, taking its total to 3.4 million. It did not say if there were additional deaths
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting on Sunday

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Updated: 4:06pm, 29 May, 2022

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An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dinning room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea Photo: AP
An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dinning room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea Photo: AP
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