Kim Jong Un Orders North Korea Lockdown Over First Covid Case
May 12, 2022
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0:47Now PlayingKim Jong Un Orders North Korea Lockdown Over First Covid Case
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as posted by the channelNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered all cities to be put under lockdown after the state for the first time Thursday said it has Covid-19 in its borders.
“A serious situation has been created due to the introduction of a stealth omicron mutant virus into our precincts,” its official Korean Central News Agency said. At a party meeting attended by Kim, authorities elevated the country’s national quarantine measures to “maximum emergency,” it added.
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