North Korea has dropped a face mask mandate and other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID this week, state media said Saturday, 3 months after its first acknowledgement of the virus outbreak in the isolated country.
By Soo-hyang Choi
Kim presided over a COVID meeting on Wednesday and ordered the lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May, adding that North Korea must maintain a "steel-strong anti-epidemic barrier." The North recommended those experiencing respiratory symptoms should keep wearing masks, and urged people to maintain vigilance against "abnormal things" which Pyongyang has cited as the cause of infections.
North Korean defectors and activists in the South have for decades floated balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North, at times along with food, medicine, money and other items.
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