SEOUL — North Korea has made progress in its fight against drought, and rice planting is under way nationwide even as the country ramps up efforts to tame its unprecedented coronavirus wave, state media said on Wednesday (June 1).
The reclusive country has been waging a battle against its first-ever Covid-19 outbreak since declaring a state of emergency and imposing a nationwide lockdown last month.
The anti-drought efforts have made progress after the central and local government organs and even art groups mobilised"all capacities and means" to improve irrigation and helped with rice planting, the official KCNA news agency said. Agriculture authorities have come up with"meticulous farming strategies", including maximising the efficiency of rice planting machines and securing high-quality fertilisers, it added.
KCNA said 93,180 more people showed fever symptoms as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total to 3,738,810. It did not report any new deaths, and the toll was 70 a day before.
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