5-Day Lockdown IMPOSED In This City, Residents Asked to Stay Inside Till Sunday.

Owing to rising cases of unspecified respiratory illness, authorities in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital have imposed a five-day lockdown across the city. The order asked the residents to not step out of their homes until the end of Sunday.

NK News reported that the Pyongyang residents were stocking up on goods fearing stricter measures. However, it is yet to be ascertained if other areas of North Korea had imposed new lockdowns.

North Korea had confirmed its first COVID case last year, however, the country declared victory over the virus by August.

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