Russian embassy in North Korea said the country has eased stringent epidemic controls in capital Pyongyang that were placed during the past five days to slow the spread Covid-19.
However, North Korea has not officially acknowledged a lockdown in Pyongyang or a re-emergence of Covid-19 after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over the coronavirus in August, but the Russian embassy’s Facebook posts have provided rare glimpses into the secretive country’s infectious disease controls, reports AP.
The embassy posted a notice Monday issued by North Korea’s Foreign Ministry informing foreign diplomats that the “special anti-epidemic period” imposed in Pyongyang since Wednesday was lifted as of Monday.
Earlier last week, the embassy said that North Korean health authorities required diplomatic missions to keep their employees indoors and also measure their temperatures four times a day and report the results to a hospital in Pyongyang.
According to a local media, North Korea had imposed a five-day lockdown in Pyongyang in an effort to stem the spread of respiratory illnesses.
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