North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

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SEOUL: North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism ...

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A health worker takes the temperature of a woman at an entrance of the Pyongchon District People's Hospital in Pyongyang. AFP/KIM Won JinSEOUL: North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as known cases of infection topped one million worldwide.

Health officials disinfect a corridor at the Pyongchon District People's Hospital in Pyongyang. AFP/KIM Won JinNearly every other country has reported coronavirus cases. Aside from China, South Korea endured one of the worst early outbreaks of the virus. The top US military commander in South Korea, General Robert Abrams, said on Thursday that Pyongyang's assertion it had no cases was"untrue".

US President Donald Trump said previously North Korea"is going through something" and offered"cooperation in the anti-epidemic work", in a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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