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North Korea enters state of emergency after identifying ‘first' coronavirus case
- Published_at:2020-07-26
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:The Independent
- tags: north korea coronavirus covid-19 kim jong un
- description: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has placed a city near the border with South Korea under lockdown over concerns the country has its first coronavirus case, state media reported. The measure was taken on Friday afternoon after a resident of Kaesong was found with suspected Covid-19 symptoms, according to North Korea’s Central News Agency (KCNA). It added that the person is a runaway who had fled to South Korea years ago before illegally crossing the border into the North early last week. If that person is officially declared a virus patient, he or she would be the North’s first confirmed coronavirus case with the country steadfastly saying it has no single virus case on its territory, a claim questioned by outside experts. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Independent Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.independent Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: https://bit.ly/2MiOONB
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