AFP: North Korea imposes 'unprecedented' coronavirus measures with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats on lockdown and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings
* State media is demanding 'absolute obedience' to Pyongyang health authorities
* New arrivals are subject to 30 days' isolation with authorities going door to door
* North Korea claims it is the only neighbour of China not to have had a single case
North Korea is taking 'unprecedented' measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings.
State media is demanding 'absolute obedience' to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China.
New arrivals are subject to 30 days' isolation and authorities are conducting door-to-door health check-ups in an intensifying 'anti-virus campaign'.
North Korea claims it is the only neighbour of China not to have had a single case.
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