While North Korea Denied Covid-19 Cases, the Virus Was Widespread and Barely Treated, Report Says
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For the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers claim they have managed to block the strict information blockade in North Korea to reveal the way some ordinary citizens have endured the pandemic, writes CNN.
While North Korea denied Covid-19 cases, the virus was widespread and barely treated, report says
By Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic. While Pyongyang insisted for more than two years that not a single case had breached its hermetically sealed borders, a new report paints a far darker picture, of a deadly wave of largely untreated illness that swept the count…


Officially, North Korea has come through the Coronapandemie well, only 74 deaths have been reported. A report now raises doubts about this claim.
Only 74 deaths have occurred in North Korea due to Corona, the regime reported in 2022. The virus was quickly defeated. A recent report now draws a different picture.
A report published by the CIS states that, contrary to what Pyongyang has always said, the Covid-19 has been widely circulated in North Korea.
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