North Korea has told the World Health Organisation it tested more than 30000 people for the coronavirus through June 10 but has yet to find a single infection. In a monitoring report on Tuesday the WHO said that North Koreas testing figures included 733 people who were tested during June 4-10 of which 149 were with influenza-like illnesses or severe respiratory infections. Experts widely doubt North Koreas claim that it has not had a single case of the virus given its poor health infrastructure and porous border with China its major ally and economic lifeline. Describing its anti-virus efforts as a matter of national existence the North has banned tourists jetted out diplomats and severely restricted cross-border traffic and trade. The self-imposed lockdown has caused further strain on an economy already battered by decades of mismanagement and crippling US-led sanctions over the countrys nuclear weapons programme. During a political conference last week North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for officials to brace for prolonged COVID-19 restrictions indicating that the country isnt ready to open its borders anytime soon.

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