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Meeting of the Workers’ Party in the presence of the leader
(ANSA) – BEIJING, MAY 12 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the lockdown for all cities in the country after the identification of the first case of Covid-19. “A serious situation has arisen due to the introduction of an Omicron stealth mutant virus into our districts,” said the official KCNA news agency. During a meeting of the Workers’ Party in Kim’s presence, the authorities assessed the country’s national quarantine measures at a level of “maximum emergency”. (HANDLE).