North Korea Reports No New COVID Cases and an ‘Impossible’ Fatality Rate
State media claims the country's "fever" outbreak has entered a "phase of stability," reporting the lowest fatality rate in the world by some margin.
Chinese Officials Apologized For Breaking Into Homes to Hunt for Quarantine Evaders
Local authorities promised to investigate, but there is no sign that Beijing is relenting on its zero-COVID doctrine.
Inside the Vigilante Mob Campaign to ‘Free’ a Sectioned COVID Truther
Simon Parry was placed in mental health care after making threats against politicians. Now his fellow conspiracists are waging a campaign to "free" him from the clutches of a government they believe is hellbent on silencing him and other truthers.
So Long, Boris Johnson, These Were Your Best Worst Bits
Pouring one out for the clown of Westminster.
North Korea Says ‘Alien Things’ Brought COVID Across Its Border
North Korean state media blamed leaflets sent via balloons by activists from the South for spreading COVID across the country. South Korea says there’s “no possibility” this is true.
Now That We Can Finally Go Out, Why Do I Actually Hate It?
Despite COVID-19 restrictions lifting around the world, many would rather stay home to nap or bedazzle their flower pots.
The Davos of COVID Conspiracy Theorists Is Happening in a UK Town Right Now
Experts fear the 3-day Better Way Conference, which is a veritable who’s who of global anti-vax influencers, may lead to deeper radicalisation within the scene.
Photos of North Korea’s COVID Outbreak, as Curated by North Korea
Carefully managed images portray a country that’s calm and in control, but experts say it's on the brink of a full-blown humanitarian disaster.
How North Korea Went from ‘Zero COVID’ to 1.2 Million Cases in 72 Hours
This time last week, North Korea was still claiming to be one of three COVID-free countries worldwide. Now it’s facing a public health catastrophe.
Big Ag Basically Wrote Trump’s Order to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID
More than 86,000 meatpacking workers have contracted COVID and more than 400 have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
North Korea ‘Sending Out SOS’ as It Admits Unnamed Disease Has Spread to 350,000 People
Experts told VICE World News the outbreak is very likely COVID, with fears of “mass death” as the virus ravages the country’s unvaccinated and malnourished population.
North Korea Hasn’t Administered Any COVID Vaccines. It Just Reported Its First Outbreak.
Experts are worried the hermit kingdom could become the epicentre of new COVID variants, as Kim Jong Un orders the nation into lockdown.