Just over 20 countries have yet to record a single COVID-19 coronavirus case, most in the relatively lightly-afflicted continent of Africa and isolated Pacific island states, but also others much closer to major outbreaks.
The new coronavirus has defied geographical and political boundaries, leaving fewer than two dozen countries on the Earth without a reported case of COVID-19.
North Korea officials announced new measures Friday, including tighter controls on water tanks and reservoirs, thorough disinfection of currency notes and the disposal of waste from vessels docked in territorial waters. The Persian New Year was far quieter in Iran itself and other Middle Eastern countries. The region has witnessed a rapid rise in infections, leaving only the Arab World's poorest state, Yemen, officially absent of any coronavirus illnesses. The civil war-torn nation, plagued by conflict, hunger and disease, is already undergoing what United Nations officials have deemed to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis and the U.S.
Though COVID-19 has quickly crossed seas, several island states of the South Pacific have also reportedly been spared. These include the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
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