North Korea Quarantines 7,000 to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak: Report

North Korea Quarantines 7,000 to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak: Report
An official from the Mangyongdae District emergency anti-epidemic headquarters disinfects a tramcar to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Songsan Tram Station in Pyongyang on Feb. 26, 2020. Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images
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North Korea has placed at least 7,000 people under quarantine in an attempt to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country, according to reports.

Thousands in the country’s Kangwon and North and South Pyongan provinces have reportedly been placed under quarantine, according to Lee Eun-Jae, a representative of South Korea’s United Future Party, who cited information from the Seoul’s National Intelligence Service.
Isabel van Brugen
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