The number of patients infected with H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, in North Korea rose to 110,000 last month, Voice of America reported Friday.
Citing Gwendolyn Pang, who heads the Asian regional office of the International Federation of Red Cross, VOA's Korean Service said 110,015 out of 179,259 North Korean people who contracted an influenza virus had tested positive for the H1N1 virus as of Jan. 23. Pang obtained the figures from the North's health ministry.
A North Korean man gets a medical check-up for an influenza at a clinic in Pyongyang on Nov. 14, 2009, in this file photo released by the North`s official Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
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