State media reported Kim broke ground at the hospital construction site in Pyongyang on Tuesday as the North continues to insist it has no cases of COVID-19, despite being sandwiched between the virus hotbeds of China and South Korea. CLICK HERE FOR FULL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEKim reportedly wants construction on the hospital – which he labeled a “crucial task” -- to be completed by early October. NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS CONQUERED CORONAVIRUS -- BUT DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THEM? "It's impossible for North Korea not to have a single case of coronavirus," Jung H. Pak, a former CIA analyst on North Korea, told Fox News on Tuesday. Forces Korea, said last week he believes a tip-off that North Korea has COVID-19 casualties is the lack of military activity in recent weeks.

Source: Fox News March 18, 2020 14:37 UTC