The World Health Organization cast doubt on North Korea's claims of progress in the fight against a coronavirus outbreak in the reclusive East Asian nation.<br />''<br />''The head of the emergency program at the WHO, Michael Ryan, said, they assume the situation is getting worse, not better.<br />''<br />''He said, the WHO did not have access to any privileged information beyond the numbers publicly reported by state media.<br />''<br />''North Korean state media has said the Covid wave has abated after daily numbers of people with fever topped 390,000 about two weeks ago.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">However, it did not mention whether there were any deaths.</span><br />