North Korea Locks Down Border City Over Suspected Virus Case

North Korea Locks Down Border City Over Suspected Virus Case
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an emergency Politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 25, 2020. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
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SEOUL, South Korea—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong, near the border with South Korea, under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “the vicious virus” may have entered the country, state media reported on July 26.

If the person is officially declared a coronavirus patient, he or she would be North Korea’s first official case. The North has steadfastly said it has had no cases of the virus, a claim questioned by outside experts.