North Korea moves to soften curbs amid doubts over Covid-19 counts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting on Sunday, state media reported (Lee Jin-man/AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting on Sunday, state media reported.

They maintained a widely disputed claim that the country’s first Covid-19 outbreak is slowing.