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North Korea puts border city under lockdown after nation’s ‘first’ suspected Covid-19 case | South China Morning Post

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North Korea placed the city of Kaesong under lockdown on July 24, 2020 following what media reports described as the reclusive state’s first suspected Covid-19 case. Pyongyang’s state media said the person with suspected Covid-19 symptoms is a defector who was found in the city after he crossed back into the North f…

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