North Korea declares state of emergency due to a suspected COVID-19 case

North Korea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after one person in the country was suspected of being positive for COVID-19. On Sunday, state news agency KCNA reported North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person who defected to South Korea three years ago was “suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus” after returning to the North Korean border city of Kaesong, Reuters reported.Kim…