'This is not this is not good for the people of [North Korea]. This is not good for the region. This is not good for the world.'
An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency on 20 May, 2022, shows staff at the Central Zoo conducting disinfection work aimed at curbing the coronavirus disease health crisis in Pyongyang, North Korea.The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday it had no access to data about North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's lead on COVID-19, meanwhile said the country had registered more than three million suspected COVID-19 cases, although the official accounts only mention cases of "fever". "There are many recoveries that have been reported, but there's limited information that we have from the country currently," Van Kerkhove said.
He said the UN health agency was working with China and South Korea in a bid to get aid in, hailing "a very positive attitude towards trying to deal with this collective problem."
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