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North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, a doctor checks a resident's temperature to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 17, 2022. North Korea on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, said the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with a health official in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. North Korea on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, said the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

FILE - An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dining room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korea on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, said the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19