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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.

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