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North Korea imposes five-day lockdown in Pyongyang to battle rising cases of 'respiratory illness'

Pyongyang: North Korean authorities have imposed a five-day lockdown in Pyongyang city amid rising cases of 'respiratory illness'. more

Total Covid-19 incidence rate in North Korea spikes to 1.2 mln

Seoul: North Korea on Sunday registered more than 392,000 new patients with fever and 8 more dead, totaling more than 1.2 million people sick, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on M ...

WHO ready to support DPR Korea battle COVID-19 infections

New York:The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is committed to helping the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), respond to COVID-19, after its first de ...

North Korea registers six deaths due to COVID-19

Pyongyang: North Korea has registered six deaths due to COVID-19 and fever symptoms were reported by more than 18,000 people nationwide the previous day, media reports said on Friday.

US offers North Korea 60 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: Washington has offered to provide North Korea with 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through the United Nations tools, which Pyongyang has greeted with enthusiasm al ...

North Korea declines COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in China

UNICEF said on Thursday that North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine.

North Korea sends aid to China to help fight against coronavirus

Moscow/Sputnik: Pyongyang has sent aid to China to help it in battling the deadly coronavirus outbreak, while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended words of support in a letter to Pres ...

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