North told citizens to stay inside, claiming (with no scientific basis) that a storm of yellow dust coming from China was carrying COVID-19

A still from a weather report on the state-run KCTV news channel on October 21, 2020, that warned of a yellow dust storm coming to North Korea. KCTV North Korea has warned its citizens to stay indoors to avoid a yellow dust storm which it claims could carry the coronavirus over from China . The state-run KCTV network warned Wednesday that the storm would arrive Thursday. The Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the storm posed a “danger of invading malicious viruses.” Yellow dust storms are common in north-eastern Asia. No evidence suggests they can carry COVID-19, which mainly spreads through close…