South Korea says leaflets sent by defectors unlikely to be cause of Covid-19 in North Korea, Asia News AsiaOne


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SEOUL — South Korea's unification ministry said on Friday (July 1) there is "no possibility" of Covid-19 entering North Korea via contaminated balloons sent by activists in the South. North Korea said earlier in the day the country's first outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to its neighbour for the wave of infections that hit the isolated country. ALSO READ: North Korea blames 'alien things' near border with South for Covid-19 outbreak The North's state media did not directly mention South Korea, but North Korean defectors and activists have for...