North Korea lifts lockdown in border town after suspected COVID-19 case 'inconclusive'

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a three week lockdown in the city of Kaesong and nearby areas, after a man who defected to the South returned to the border town last month showing coronavirus symptoms, state media said on Friday.

Kim made the decision at a politburo meeting convened to discuss the government’s efforts to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, as well as the response to heavy rain and flooding, state news agency KCNA reported.

Coronavirus prevention measures had stabilised the risk in the area, Kim said in a statement carried by KCNA.

 

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