North Korea - Coronavirus COVID-19

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It's "impossible" that North Korea has no coronavirus cases, top US general says

The top US general in South Korea says that he does not believe North Korea’s claim it has no cases of novel coronavirus.

“That is an impossible claim based on all of the intel we have seen,” Gen. Robert Abrams, Commander of US Forces Korea (USFK), said in a joint interview with CNN and Voice of America.

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North Korea has not reported any coronavirus infections, but it borders two of the most heavily affected countries in the region -- China and South Korea.

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Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1 million globally - CNN

 

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The Latest: N Korea says it still has no coronavirus cases

 

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Tokyo Olympics: North Korea to skip Games over Covid-19 fears


“Pyongyang says it has no cases of the virus but experts say this is unlikely.

The country's health system is thought to be completely inadequate for dealing with the Covid pandemic, the BBC's Tokyo Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.

The announcement makes North Korea the first major country to skip the delayed 2020 Games because of the pandemic. The event is due to begin on 23 July.

This will be the first time North Korea has missed a Summer Olympics since 1988, when it boycotted the Seoul Games during the Cold War.“