Kim Jong-un orders full lockdown in North Korea after confirming first coronavirus outbreak

the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Unordered a confinement throughout the country after confirming the first outbreak of coronavirus covid-19 in its territory since the start of the pandemic, state media reported on Thursday.

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Kim “called on all cities and municipalities in the country to carefully confine their areas,” the state news agency KCNA said. Factories, businesses and homes must be closed and reorganized to “immaculately block the spread of the malicious virus,” she added.

In this file photo taken on March 18, 2022, employees spray disinfectant and wipe surfaces as part of preventive measures against the coronavirus in Pyongyang. (KIM WON-JIN / AFP).

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Source: Elcomercio