Deletion of COVID-19 pandemic in North Asia

Comment: My first thought is a procedural close since this would actually be a |merge discussion with a need to discuss what information to fold into the parent article, if any, if there was a consensus for a merge. That said, I can't see a reason to delete on the grounds that this is a sub-national article when a national article exists - we certainly have plenty of those, viz COVID-19 pandemic in England|England, COVID-19 pandemic in Wales|Wales, COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|Ontario, COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia, COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio|Ohio, COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska|Alaska, COVID-19 pandemic in Tasmania|Tasmania, COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland|Queensland, COVID-19 pandemic in North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia, COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana|Telangana, COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala|Kerala, COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas|Eastern Visayas, COVID-19 pandemic in Caraga|Caraga, etc, etc. Given the large geographical area, the high incidence of cases, the well-developed state of the article, the high level of coverage and sourcing, and the obvious interest in encyclopedic documentation of this pandemic at levels other than the national, I'd say this was an obvious keep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Merging (WP:MERGE)

Comment: I think this can be merged with COVID-19 pandemic in Russia if necessary. I agree with most of @Spokonyi's arguments but I think the "other subnational areas are covered" may fall under ? Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. Otherwise though, this article does seem to stand on its own
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:OTHERSTUFF)