North Korea announced that all patients with the fever had recovered, marking the end of the first wave of the Corona virus pandemic in the country, but analysts said concerns remain as economic hardship worsens and the unvaccinated population is at risk if the disease returns to spread in the country. future.

And the official media reported today, Friday, local time, that “the anti-epidemic situation … has entered a certain stage of stability.” Rather than brag about its successes, Pyongyang said it would “redouble its efforts to maintain excellence in the implementation of the country’s anti-pandemic policy.”

The isolated country has never confirmed how many people have contracted COVID-19 and there appears to be a lack of testing materials. But it says about 4.77 million fever patients have fully recovered and 74 people have died since the end of April. Since July 30, no new cases of fever have been registered.

South Korean officials and medical experts have questioned these numbers, especially the number of deaths.