(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
DPRK leader Kim Jong-un declared victory over COVID-19 in the
country, the Yonhap news service said on Thursday, Trend reports citing
TASS .
He made the announcement during a national meeting on
anti-epidemic measures.
He 'solemnly declared the victory in the maximum emergency
anti-epidemic campaign for exterminating the novel coronavirus,'
KCNA reported, according to Yonhap.
DPRK registered 4.77 mln cases of fever since the end of April
amid a spread of the coronavirus, saying 99.99% of them recovered.
According to the latest available data, there were 74
fatalities.
KCNA first reported coronavirus cases in DPRK on May 12. Daily
cases peaked at 392,920 on May 15. The country has been saying
since July 30 that it registered no new fever cases.
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