
North Korea claims 'positive trend' in Covid outbreak, but no reply to Biden's offer of help
CNN
North Korea claims its Covid outbreak is slowing, with its state-run media reporting on Sunday a "positive trend" that has seen the daily number of new "fever cases" drop below 200,000.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that between Friday and Saturday there had been 186,090 new cases, 299,180 recoveries and one death.
If true, that figure would be a marked drop -- the country has been reporting more than 200,000 of what it terms "fever cases" every day for the past week in an outbreak that has infected more than 2.5 million people and killed 67, according to official figures.

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