SEOUL - North Korea said on Friday it was achieving"good results" in the fight against the country's first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with fever symptoms surpassed 2 million.
The isolated nation reported 263,370 more people with fever symptoms, and two more deaths, taking the total fever caseload to 2.24 million as of Thursday evening, including 65 deaths, according to state media KCNA.Despite the caseload, the North said farming continues, factories are working, and it was planning a state funeral for a former general.
"Even under the maximum emergency epidemic prevention situation, normal production is kept at key industrial sectors and large-scale construction projects are propelled without let-up," KCNA said.
North Korea said on Wednesday the country's virus outbreak was taking a"favourable turn", although officials in South Korea say it is hard to draw a conclusion as it is unclear how North Korea is calculating the number of fever and Covid-19 patients. Cases of fever reported by the government have declined in Pyongyang but risen in rural provinces, and either through error or deliberate manipulation are unlikely to be fully accurate, said Martyn Williams, a researcher at the US-based 38 North.South Korea and the United States have both offered to help North Korea fight the virus, including sending aid, but have not received a response, Seoul's deputy national security adviser said on Wednesday.
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