PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean officials are spending their weekend scrambling to perform contact-tracing tasks in the remote Korean territory. According to state-media reports, officials have now found at least one person who has COVID-19 in the area sparking fears of widespread outbreak in an already sanction-ravaged country.
People make their way in Kaesong near the border with South Korea on Thursday. (Naohiko Hatta/Kyodo News via AP)
The man is now believed to be in government imposed quarantine but not much else is known at this time.