An empty park outdoors a railway station resulting from a lockdown in Pyongyang.
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An empty park outdoors a railway station resulting from a lockdown in Pyongyang.
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SEOUL — North Korea’s capital is below a five-day lockdown to battle the unfold of an unspecified respiratory illness. Authorities have made no point out of COVID.
The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang posted on its Fb web page a discover from authorities. It says the lockdown will final from Wednesday till Sunday.
Residents are suggested to remain at dwelling, and take and report their temperatures 4 occasions a day.
North Korea admitted its first COVID outbreak final Might. It claimed victory over the illness by August, however consultants stay skeptical of that declare.
This story initially aired in NPR’s Newscast.
