Foreign diplomats in Pyongyang will be able to visit water parks and other sites for the first time since the pandemic began, relaxed government rules seen by NK News show, as North Korea continues to claim COVID-19 cases are trending down.

The country’s maximum emergency anti-epidemic system installed to curb the influx and spread of the virus, however, will remain in effect, according to the text of the rules.

Under the new rules that go into effect this week, diplomats and international staff who remain in Pyongyang can once again visit the central zoo and botanical garden, equestrian club in