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North Korea claims that the country's first Covid-19 outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbour for the wave of infections in the isolated country.
After an investigation, the Kim regime has ordered people to “vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena, and balloons”.
Experts sceptical of claim, as state media urge citizens to watch out for ‘alien things coming by wind’
By Soo-hyang Choi
2/2 © Reuters. People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in North Korea, at a railway station in Seo