North Korea Says Flu Not COVID-19 Diagnosed in Locked-down Province
North Korea told patients with an unknown fever on Friday they had flu, not coronavirus as initially feared. This claim comes just a day after authorities locked down the area in Ryanggang Province near China and deployed medical teams. "It was revealed that all of the fever patients in the Ryanggang Province were patients with the flu," the state news agency KCNA stated on Friday. KCNA said diagnostic tests of samples, the nature of the symptoms, and information gained from contract tracing led health workers to conclude that the fevers were caused by influenza. Although lifting the lockdown, they urged residents to continue wearing masks and report any fever symptoms.
