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N.Korea reports no new fever cases for first time since COVID outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Army medics involved medicine supply distribution work amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Pyongyang, North Korea May 22, 2022 in this photo released May 23, 2022 by the country's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS

(Fixes typo in headline)

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea reported no new fever cases on Saturday, the first time since its acknowledgement of COVID-19 outbreak in the isolated country in mid-May, according to its statate media report.

The reclusive country said earlier this month it was on a path to "finally defuse" its first publicly declared COVID-19 crisis, even as Asian neighbours battle a resurgence in infections driven by Omicron subvariants.

The country has not confirmed how many people have tested positive for COVID-19, apparently lacking testing supplies.

(The story is refiled to fix typo in headline)

(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; editing by Diane Craft)

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