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North Korea said on Friday that the fever cases detected earlier this week were influenza and not a resurgence of Covid-19 as initially suspected. The state media’s announcement came a day after authorities said they had locked down parts of Ryanggang province – which borders China – after finding four new “fever” cases there. In case reports, North Korea speaks more of “fever patients” than “Covid patients”, apparently due to a lack of testing capacities. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday that the new cases “are suspected of being infected with the vicious epidemic” – just...
