As suspected COVID spread continues in North Korea WHO frets over missing data
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North Korea announced hundreds of thousands of new cases of fever on Wednesday. The country said that a million residents have already recovered from what outside experts believe are cases of COVID-19.
Employees of Songyo Knitwear Factory wearing face masks work to produce knitted goods in Songyo district in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of ruling party Workers' Labor Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) In this photo provided by the North Korean government, a worker in protective gear stands on an empty sidewalk in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) This photo provided by the North Korean government shows deserted street in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
While outside experts believe most of the fevers – 232,880 fever cases were announced on Wednesday – are from the coronavirus, North Korea lacks the testing capability to confirm all of them.