Kim Jong Un has claimed his country is free of the coronavirus and wished 'good health' to all people around the world who are 'fighting the ills of the evil virus' as he addressed a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of North Korea's ruling party this morning. 'I wish good health to all the people around the world who are fighting the ills of the evil virus,' Kim - whose summit counterpart US President Donald Trump was recently hospitalised with the virus - said in a speech broadcast on state media. The video showed Kim make an appearance as a clock struck midnight. Dressed in a grey suit and tie, he waved to the crowd and accepted flowers from children while surrounded by military officials wearing rows of medals.Sometimes appearing emotional, Kim thanked the military for working hard to respond to natural disasters and to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.North Korea has not reported any domestic infections, an assertion that South Korea and the United States have questioned. Kim said he hopes that North and South Korea will join hands again after the coronavirus crisis is over.While attendees at other holiday events were shown wearing masks, no one at the parade appeared to be wearing any masks. Kim said the isolated country will continue to bolster its military. 'We will continue to strengthen our military for self-defence and deterrence,' Kim said in a speech broadcast on state television. The widely anticipated display is part of commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the North's ruling Workers' Party.State broadcaster KCTV showed squadron after squadron of armed soldiers and armoured vehicles lined up in the streets of Pyongyang ready to march through Kim Il Sung square in a night-time display.None of the participants or the audience lined up in the stands were wearing masks, but there were far fewer citizens than usual on the square itself.The programme opened with an image of a propaganda poster for the commemorations, showing three North Koreans holding up its symbols of a hammer, sickle and brush, and the slogan: 'The biggest glory to our great party.' North Korean military parades normally climax with whatever missiles Pyongyang wants to highlight and are keenly watched by observers for clues to its weapons development. According to Seoul's joint chiefs of staff, the display actually took place in the early hours of Saturday, when they said in a statement that 'signs of a military parade - involving equipment and people on a large scale - were detected at Kim Il Sung Square'.South Korean and US intelligence agencies were 'closely tracking the event', they added.The ruling party anniversary comes during a difficult year for North Korea