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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

North Korea on Friday said the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared.

The report by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency came a day after the North said it locked down unspecified areas in Ryanggang province after four people had fevers that were suspected to be COVID-19.

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