North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over 'respiratory illness', a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first citywide restrictions since the country declared victory over COVID-19 in August 2022.
in August 2022. Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay in their homes from Wednesday to Sunday and must submit to multiple temperature checks each day, Seoul-based specialist site NK News reported, citing a government notice.
The government order comes a day after NK News, citing sources in Pyongyang, reported that people in the city appeared to be stocking up on goods in anticipation of a lockdown. It is unclear if other areas have imposed similar lockdowns and state media has not announced any new measures. "COVID is disappearing and reappearing depending on the temperature, not just in North Korea but around the world," said Go Myong-hyun, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.
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