North Korea’s Covid outbreak likely ‘getting worse’, WHO says
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Experts doubt state media claims that the worst is over, as WHO warns of global dangers of letting the virus spread unchecked
The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea's claims of progress in the fight against a Covid-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an absence of independent data.
North Korean state media has claimed the Covid wave has abated, after daily numbers of people with fever topped 390,000 about two weeks ago.
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