According to the Korean Central News Agency, North Korean “citizens abroad have been allowed to return home,” as it has decided to “adjust the anti-epidemic degree in reference to the eased worldwide pandemic situation.”

Source: https://indiatribune.com/after-over-3-years-covid-restrictions-n-korea-allows-citizens-abroad-to-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-over-3-years-covid-restrictions-n-korea-allows-citizens-abroad-to-return

But the sudden relaxation of anti-epidemic protocols also led to an estimated 37 million new infections a day weeks later.

Source: https://time.com/6283257/china-xbb-covid-outbreak/