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North Korea locks down border as first possible Covid-19 case announced

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North Korea locked down the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea after finding what could be the country's first official Covid-19 case there, state media reported.

North Korea's Central News Agency announced"a critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the country" after a suspected patient returned from South Korea by illegally crossing the border last week.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a Politburo meeting on Saturday over"the dangerous situation in Kaesong City that may lead to a deadly and destructive disaster," state media said. As early as January, the country shut down cross-border travels with China and Russia, although doing so severely limits its business with those countries. It has placed diplomats and foreigners in the country under effective house arrest, and restricted domestic travel.

In the emergency Politburo meeting, leader Kim urged the officials to"face up to the reality of emergency," and ordered the virus responses be elevated, a shift to"the maximum emergency system," according to the state media report.

 

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