WHO said North Korea had the capacity to test coronaviruses in its national reference laboratory in the capital Pyongyang.
GENEVA - North Korea, one of only a handful of countries not to have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, has said that it continues testing and has more than 500 people in quarantine, the World Health Organization told Reuters on Tuesday.
"As of 2 April, 709 people - 11 foreigners and 698 nationals - have been tested for COVID-19. There is no report of a COVID-19 case. There are 509 people in quarantine – two foreigners and 507 nationals," Dr. Edwin Salvador, the WHO Representative to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , said in an email reply.
The WHO has been informed that North Korea received primers and probes for use with PCR diagnostic tests from its ally China in January, he added. The WHO has sent supplies of protective equipment. The Geneva-based WHO said in February that North Korea had reported checking nearly 7,300 travellers over a six-week period to Feb. 9. The health ministry said 141 travellers with fevers had tested negative for the novel coronavirus, it said.
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