North Korea claims dust from China carries coronavirus, warns people to stay inside


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October 24, 2020 North Korea has warned its citizens to stay indoors, saying seasonal yellow dust blowing in from China might carry the new coronavirus into the country. “As the new coronavirus infections continue to spread around the world, the need to deal with the yellow dust and take thorough measures has become more critical,” North Korea’s official party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said on Thursday. Read more: Kim Jong Un’s emotional apology to North Korea a deliberate image strategy: experts The claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 could spread to North Korea from the Gobi desert, 1,900 km (1,200...