Correction (July 28, 2021 at 9:33 p.m. KST): This article has been updated to remove a discrepancy in WHO data concerning total samples collected for COVID-19 tests.

North Korea continues to claim that it is free of COVID-19 after testing an additional 691 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), as state media stresses the importance of anti-epidemic measures.

The country said that 122 of those tested between July 9 and 15 had flu-like illness or severe acute respiratory infections, while 569 were health care workers, according to the WHO’s weekly situation report released late Tuesday (Korea time). The