The local media did not report how many of those people had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Published on May 23, 2022 03:04 AM IST
North Korea reported 167,650 more people had fever symptoms and one more person had died amid the country’s first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak, state news agency KCNA said on Monday.
It did not report how many of those people had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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