N-Korea: Respiratory disease caused 5-day lockdown will end today
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Pyongyang residents were forced to remain inside their houses from Wednesday through Sunday
SEOUL (Web Desk) – The five-day lockdown in North Korea due to a respiratory disease will end today, as it is not yet clear whether there will be any extension in the lockdown or not..
In what seems to be the first citywide restrictions since the government declared victory against Covid-19 in August 2022, North Korea had reportedly imposed a five-day lockdown in the capital due to a "respiratory disease."
Residents of Pyongyang had been forced to remain inside their houses from Wednesday through Sunday and must submit to several temperature inspections daily, according to an official notification cited by the Seoul-based specialized site NK News.
The report stated that while the notification made no mention of Covid, it did include the common cold as one of the ailments that were presently circulating in the city.
The official directive comes a day after NK News reported that residents of the city looked to be stockpiling items in preparation of a lockdown. The extent of any additional lockdowns is unknown and state media has not reported any new regulations.
Covid is undoubtedly causing problems in North Korea s main metropolis, according to experts. Not just in North Korea but all around the world, covid is disappearing and reappearing according on the climate, according to Go Myong-hyun, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.
