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Coronavirus Highlights: Covid-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea, WHO warns

Amid rising Covid-19 cases in different countries, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday the country will spare no effort to help North Korea, as the isolated nation battles a Covid-19 outbreak, and reiterated he will remain open to humanitarian aid. India reported 2,202 new cases and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Last Updated : 16 May 2022, 17:51 IST

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Maharashtra records 129 new Covid-19 cases, zero death

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 129 new Covid-19 cases, including 74 in Mumbai, taking the overall tally to 78,80,969, while the toll remained unchanged at 1,47,855 as no fresh death due to the infection was registered in the state, an official said.

The fresh addition to the tally was much lower than the 255 recorded on Sunday. The recovery count increased by 121 in the last 24 hours to touch 77,31,588, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,526, he said.

17:1916 May 2022

Covid-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea, WHO warns

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that Covid-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea, where it said vaccination programmes had yet to begin.

"With the country yet to initiate Covid-19 vaccination, there is risk that the virus may spread rapidly among the masses unless curtailed with immediate and appropriate measures," said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO's regional director for South-East Asia, in a statement sent to journalists.

In the same statement, the WHO said it had yet to receive information about the reported outbreak directly from local authorities.

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Workers in protective suits sort boxes near a waste sorting facility outside a residential compound under lockdown, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Beijing

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Published 16 May 2022, 02:19 IST

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