While the virus has spread almost worldwide,

While the virus has spread almost worldwide, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) maintains that it has no case of the virus. The statement was made by Pak Myong Su, head of the Department of Communicable Diseases in Pyongyang, North Korea. "As of now, North Korea has not even had one of the 19 HIV infections so far," Pak Myong Su said at an official press conference held in Pyongyang.