'As of Mar. 19 all the foreigners in quarantine, except three, were freed as it has been confirmed that they had showed no abnormal symptoms during sufficient medical observation and checkup,' according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
that has gripped nearly every nation in the world, with Pyongyang as one of the few governments still claiming zero instances.North Korea's Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters has"taken tougher measure" to prevent any COVID-19 infections from taking hold in the country,"tightening control over people to let them obey unconditionally the instructions" laid out by authorities, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
The number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases around the world has exceeded 258,000, of which around 87,300 have recovered and more than 11,200 have died. North Korea has quarantined thousands of people, including hundreds of foreign nationals, but the ruling Korean Workers' Party newspaperNorth Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital on March 17.
amid the coronavirus pandemic. On February 13, when the number of global confirmed cases stood just over 60,000—all but several hundred in China, the State Department issued a statement saying that the U.S."is deeply concerned about the vulnerability of the North Korean people to a coronavirus outbreak."
"These are countries that we have deep differences with, and we are working diligently to create better conditions for their people, and part of that is to make sure that we're available to provide humanitarian assistance when we can," Pompeo said."So we have offered to both the North Koreans as well as to the Iranian people humanitarian assistance, and we've offered to facilitate humanitarian assistance coming into those countries from U.N.
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