SEOUL — North Korea has lifted movement restrictions imposed in the capital Pyongyang after its first admission of Covid-19 outbreak weeks ago, media reported, as the isolated country says the virus situation is now under control. The North has been in a heated battle against an unprecedented Covid-19 wave since declaring a state of emergency and imposing a nationwide lockdown...
Volunteers carry out disinfection work during an anti-virus campaign in Pyongyang, North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on March 4, 2020.SEOUL — North Korea has lifted movement restrictions imposed in the capital Pyongyang after its first admission of Covid-19 outbreak weeks ago, media reported, as the isolated country says the virus situation is now under control.
As of Sunday , the restrictions had been lifted, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, citing an unnamed source in Beijing. The Kyodo report came shortly after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting to discuss revising anti-epidemic restrictions, assessing the situation over the country's first Covid-19 outbreak was "improving.""The Political Bureau examined the issue of effectively and quickly coordinating and enforcing the anti-epidemic regulations and guidelines given the current stable anti-epidemic situation," the North's state media KCNA said on Sunday.
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