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Bryan Betts
Bryan Betts is the Managing Editor of NK News. He has covered the Koreas for Yonhap News Agency, The Diplomat and Korea Exposé and previously worked as a newspaper reporter in South Carolina and New Mexico.
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COVID-19 North Korea reports no COVID cases after testing additional 2,040 peopleDPRK yet to begin vaccinations as UN rapporteur calls for donation of 60 million doses North Korea has reported that it remains free of COVID-19 after testing an additional 2,040 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), as the country continues to implement strict pandemic restrictions that have cut it off from the world for more than two years. The DPRK has now tested 56,227 people for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, the WHO’s latest weekly situation report states. NK News is unable to verify figures that the DPRK provides to the WHO. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |