North Korea appeared to have eased a strict COVID-19 mask mandate, media reports said this week, after state news agencies showed many people maskless. | Reuters
Residents, factories and social groups were told that the mandate was lifted as of July 1, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
Last August, North Korean state news agency KCNA said Pyongyang had dropped a face mask mandate along with other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID-19.
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