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North Korea tested nearly 11,000 people for COVID-19 — zero ‘confirmed’ cases

The DPRK periodically reports testing and quarantine updates to the World Health Organization

North Korea claims it tested more than 10,900 people for COVID-19 and has zero confirmed cases of the virus, according to new numbers reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).

On Monday, WHO said that a total of 21,586 samples from 10,960 people were tested for COVID-19 as of Dec. 10. None of these tests reportedly came up positive for the virus.

In total, 33,223 people were released from quarantine as of Dec. 3, meaning that 179 people were newly released between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. 

Among those who have reportedly developed a fever during their quarantine period, 4,445