North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting (pictured) after a person suspected of having COVID-19 entered the country from South Korea illegally this month.
The unnamed person 'was put under strict quarantine as a primary step and all the persons ... who contacted that person and those who have been to the city in the last five days are being thoroughly investigated' and quarantined, KCNA said.
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