South Korea says defector who fled to North 'did not have' Covid-19

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South Korea says defector who fled to North 'did not have' Covid-19
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The case has triggered an emergency lockdown in the North, but officials in Seoul say the man had no record of infection or contact

South Korea has said that a defector who recently fled to the North does not appear to have contracted Covid-19, a day after Pyongyang imposed a lockdown near the border, claiming the man was its first recorded case of the illness.

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