This was reported by the Yonhap agency.

The total number of cases in the country exceeded 1.72 million, of which more than 1.02 million people have recovered.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier that a request had been sent to the DPRK authorities asking for data on the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

Immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the pandemic in the DPRK.