North Korea claims to be one of the only countries in Asia with no cases of the coronavirus, but a new report says almost 200 soldiers have died and thousands more are quarantined.
About 180 North Korean soldiers have died as a result of the COVID-19 virus, according to South Korean news organization Daily NK. A source inside the North Korean military said an account regarding the impact from the virus on soldiers was sent to military leaders and reported the dozens of deaths and that about 3,700 soldiers were quarantined.
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