North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wished coronavirus sufferers around the world good health at a military parade that defied the pandemic. "I wish good health to all the people around the world who are fighting the ills of the evil virus," Mr Kim said in a speech broadcast on state media.
He told the audience that he was grateful "not a single person" in the North had contracted the coronavirus that has swept the world since emerging in neighbouring China.
Pyongyang closed its borders in January to try to protect itself from the disease and regularly said it had no cases, but state media had shied away from such explicit statements in recent months, instead stressing the importance of prevention efforts.