People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday. North Korea had reported testing 1211 people for the virus as of July 16 with all returning negative results, the World Health Organisation said in a statement. The country on Tuesday counted 936 new cases reported in the last 24 hours throughout the country of 220 million people. Until the Thai man's positive test, the island had not seen a local case of coronavirus infection since June 24. China Beijing: New coronavirus cases continue to rise in China’s north-western region of Xinjiang, with 57 reported on Tuesday.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 28, 2020 08:55 UTC