North Korea on alert over 'first suspected coronavirus case'
North Korea has reported what it describes as the country's first suspected case of coronavirus.
Leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency meeting with top officials, imposing a lockdown in the border city of Kaesong. "An emergency event happened in Kaesong city where a runaway who went to the south three years ago, a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus returned on 19 July after illegally crossing the demarcation line," KCNA said.At Saturday's politburo meeting, Mr Kim ordered a"maximum emergency system" to contain the virus.
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