North Korea Declares State Of Emergency Over Coronavirus Fears

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holds an emergency enlarged meeting of Political Bureau in Pyongyang, July 25, 2020 © KCNA via Reuters

Daily Mail: North Korea declares state of emergency after Kim Jong Un meets advisers to discuss secretive county's 'first coronavirus case'

* Person suspected of having Covid-19 reportedly crossed border from the South
* North Korea's KCNA said the person defected to South Korea three years ago
* When they returned this month, they had symptoms that suggested Covid-19
* If confirmed, it would be the secretive nation's first confirmed coronavirus case

North Korea has declared a state of emergency after a person suspected of having coronavirus entered the country.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after the person suspected of having COVID-19 entered from South Korea by illegally crossing the border this month, state media said on Sunday.

If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities, who have so far said the country has no confirmed cases of the disease.

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