North Korea has claimed no new suspected COVID-19 cases in the entire country for three consecutive days, but state media is not yet celebrating total victory over the virus.

The state emergency anti-epidemic headquarters reported via Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday that there were “no new fever cases” as of the previous day but that 144 people were still “under medical treatment” for fever. 

It also reported over the weekend that the country is still waging a campaign “to hasten its victory” over COVID-19 despite claims of zero new cases. 

North Korea has established that “fever” cases are