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Updated: January 25, 2023

North Korea Locks Down Pyongyang Over Respiratory Diseases

By Quadri Adejumo
January 25, 2023
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North Korea has locked down Pyongyang for five days following cases of respiratory illness.

NK News, which monitors North Korea cited a government notice in its report on Wednesday.

It added that residents in the city are required to stay in their homes through the end of Sunday and must submit to temperature checks multiple times each day.

State media have continued to report on anti-pandemic measures to battle respiratory diseases.

It is unclear if other areas of the country have imposed new lockdowns.

But KCNA news also said the city of Kaesong, near the border with South Korea, had intensified public communication campaigns so that the citizens observe anti-epidemic regulations.