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.
China’s Leader Is Leaving His Cocoon for the First Time in 2 Years
President Xi Jinping of China heads to Hong Kong for a two-day visit that is of “utmost symbolic importance.”
Chinese Officials Are Weaponizing COVID Health Tracker to Block Protests
Would-be protesters saw their health codes turn red and were forced into quarantine.
Another Mystery Disease Is Spreading Amid North Korea’s COVID Outbreak
Some experts have speculated that the outbreak may be cholera or typhoid, which could devastate the country’s malnourished population.
Chinese City Asks People to Close Their Windows in Case COVID Blows In From North Korea
The wind could be carrying COVID-19 in, officials suggested. Scientists are doubtful.
Boris Johnson’s Staff ‘Got Drunk and Fought Each Other’ at Lockdown Parties
The UK Prime Minister has kind of apologised after an internal report said drunken staff had thrown up and shouted at cleaners at parties in and around Downing Street during COVID lockdowns.
Man Who Gambled Away an Entire Town’s COVID Relief Funds Has Been Arrested
Some $358,000 mysteriously showed up in the 24-year-old’s bank account one day in April. He spent it all.
Japan Will Assign Minders to Tourists to Make Sure They Behave as Country Reopens
Japan will accept a grand total of 50 tourists this month.
Shanghai Wants Pandemic Workers to Stop Obsessively Disinfecting Everything
Officials in the Chinese financial hub say the city’s disinfection efforts have gone too far.
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.