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North Korea has eased strict epidemic restrictions, according to Russian embassy
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North Korea has eased its strict epidemic restrictions, according to the Russian embassy in the country. North Korea never officially acknowledged a lockdown.
The embassy posted a notice Monday issued by North Korea’s Foreign Ministry informing foreign diplomats that the "intensified anti-epidemic period" imposed in Pyongyang since Wednesday was lifted as of Monday.
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. It said the North Korean measures were in response to an increase in "flu and other respiratory diseases," but it didn’t mention the spread of COVID-19 or restrictions imposed on regular citizens.
Shortly before that post, NK News, a North Korea-focused news website, cited a North Korean government notice to report that health officials had imposed a five-day lockdown in Pyongyang in an effort to stem the spread of respiratory illnesses.