North Korea records 'good results' in fight against Covid even as the isolated country sees 263,370 new fever cases, taking total fever caseload to 2.24 million
Pyongyang says its"anti-epidemic war" is showing positive outcomes even as cases of fever in the unvaccinated East Asian nation top two million with 65 deaths.
North Korea has said it was achieving "good results" in the fight against the country's first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with fever symptoms surpassed 2 million. "Even under the maximum emergency epidemic prevention situation, normal production is kept at key industrial sectors and large-scale construction projects are propelled without let-up," KCNA said.
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