![Burning of crops in southeast Punjab - a major driver of northern India's pollution crisis. (Image credit, Neil Palmer (CIAT) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]). Stubble burning concept.](https://d1o5numy7xgf2v.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NP_India_burning_70_6314806011-740x400.jpg "The cost of crop burning")
Even as most of the world rises to a slowly receding COVID wave, North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever" after the country recently announced its first-ever cases of COVID-19 and ordered nationwide lockdowns, television channel NDTV citing AFP reports said. www.ndtv.com/world-news/north-korea-coronavirus-north-korea-covid-north-korea-coronavirus-cases-north-koreas-explosive-covid-outbreak-820-620-cases-in-3-days-2977028 State media KCNA said a total of 42 people had died, with 820,620 cases and at least 324,550 under medical treatment. Leader Kim Jong Un has said the outbreak has caused "great upheaval" in North Korea. KCNA reported that "all provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other." Despite activating its "maximum emergency quarantine system" to slow the spread of disease through its unvaccinated population, the nation of 25 million … Read Full Article about North Korea officially announces COVID-19 outbreak; The latest health stories from around the world
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![Burning of crops in southeast Punjab - a major driver of northern India's pollution crisis. (Image credit, Neil Palmer (CIAT) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]). Stubble burning concept.](https://d1o5numy7xgf2v.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NP_India_burning_70_6314806011-150x150.jpg "The cost of crop burning")
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