An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dining room on Monday, May 16. Photo: AP Photo/Cha Song Ho via AP Images
Staff disinfect Pyongyang station premises in a photo released by KCNA on May 18. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
Kim Jong Un inspects a pharmacy in Pyongyang last week. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on May 17. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
The military medical field of the Korean People's Army and the Ministry of Defense rallies to control the nation's viral outbreak on May 16. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
Officers of the military medical field of the Korean People's Army take up the call to supply medicine to North Koreans in need. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
The quiet streets of Pyongyang amid a citywide lockdown on May 17. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
Ryomyong street in Pyongyang on May 16—four days after the North Korean government restricted movement to stop the spread of the virus. Photo: AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin via AP Images
Greengrocer employees carry tomatoes to supply to residents staying home during lockdown. Photo: AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin via AP Images
North Korean residents are checked for fever symptoms in Pyongyang. Photo: STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via AFP
Employees of a knitwear factory in Pyongyang work to produce knitted goods amid the COVID outbreak on May 18. Photo: AP Photo/Cha Song Ho via AP Images
Employees of the Medicament Management Office in Pyongyang provide medicine to residents to try and stop the spread of illness. Photo: AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, via AP Images