{"id":34641,"date":"2020-07-26T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/north-korea-declares-emergency-as-first-suspected-covid-19-case-reported\/"},"modified":"2020-07-26T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T04:21:00","slug":"north-korea-declares-emergency-as-first-suspected-covid-19-case-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/north-korea-declares-emergency-as-first-suspected-covid-19-case-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"#North Korea declares emergency as first suspected COVID-19 case reported"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#North Korea declares emergency as first suspected COVID-19 case reported<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 26, 2020 |<\/span> 12:21am <\/p>\n

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\n SEOUL \u2013 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media<\/a> said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities.<\/p>\n

Kim convened an emergency politburo meeting in response to what he called a \u201ccritical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the country\u201d, the North\u2019s KCNA state news<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

A person who defected to South Korea three years ago returned across the fortified border that divides the two Koreas to the town of Kaesong this month with symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, KCNA reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn emergency event happ<\/a>ened in Kaesong City where a runaway who went to the south three years ago, a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus returned on July 19 after illegally crossing the demarcation line,\u201d KCNA said.<\/p>\n

KCNA did not say if the person had been tested, but said an \u201cuncertain result was made from several medical check-ups of the secretion of that person\u2019s upper respiratory organ and blood\u201d, prompting officials to quarantine the person and investigate anyone he may have been in contact with.<\/p>\n

One analyst said the announcement was important, not only because North Korea was for the first time reporting a suspected coronavirus case but also because it suggested it was appealing for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an ice-breaking moment for North Korea to admit a case,\u201d said Choo Jae-woo, a professor at Kyung Hee University.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be reaching out to the world for help. Perhaps for humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Korea is under huge economic pressure because of international sanctions over its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Cho Han-bum, a senior fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, said it was significant that North Korea was reporting its first suspected coronavirus case was imported.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea is in such a dire situation, where they can\u2019t even finish building the Pyongyang General<\/a> Hospital on time. Pointing the blame at an \u2018imported case\u2019 from South Korea, the North can use this as a way to openly accept aid from the South,\u201d Cho said.<\/p>\n

KCNA did not elaborate on how the \u201crunaway\u201d had crossed one of the world\u2019s most heavily guarded borders but said the incident was being investigated and the military unit responsible would face \u201csevere punishment\u201d.<\/p>\n

South Korean officials were checking to see if a defector had indeed crossed back into the North this month, the South\u2019s Yonhap news agency reported.<\/p>\n

North Korea has received thousands of coronavirus testing kits from Russia and other countries and imposed strict border closures.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people in North Korea were also quarantined as it took precautions to prevent a coronavirus outbreak but restrictions had recently been eased.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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