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North Korea Says it Will Boost Anti-Virus Efforts

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   North Korea says it will intensify its efforts to prevent the spread of
   the novel coronavirus.

   The rubber stamp Supreme People's Assembly received a report Sunday
   about the regime's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a
   report Monday by the state-run KCNA. Photographs released by KCNA
   showed hundreds of lawmakers sitting near each other without wearing
   protective face masks.

   North Korea has reported no cases of novel coronavirus infections since
   it began spreading across the border in neighboring China, the
   epicenter of the virus. The government in Pyongyang put thousands of
   people, including foreign diplomats, under quarantine.

   The report was released a day after supreme leader KimJong-ilmet with
   his State Affairs Commission in Pyongyang, according to KCNA. Kim has
   reportedly made several personnel changes to the country's high-ranking
   decision-making body over the weekend, including the addition of Ri
   SonGwon, a former senior army commander who was promoted to foreign
   affairs minister earlier this year.

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