North Korea declares emergency over suspected Covid-19 case
2020-07-27 09:30:54 source：The Guardian
July 26, 2020
North Korea has declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of having coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media has said.
If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities.
Kim Jong-un convened an emergency politburo meeting in response to what he called a “critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the country”, the North’s KCNA state news reported.
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