According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 26th, a suspected case of Covid-19 was found in Kaicheng, a border city of North Korea. According to reports, this suspected case of Covid-19 fled to South Korea three years ago and returned to North Korea illegally across the border between North Korea and South Korea on July 19. The North Korean side judged the person as a suspected case of Covid-19 based on the person’s upper respiratory tract secretions and blood test results.

On the 24th, North Korea has completely blocked Kaicheng. On the 25th, the Central Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea held an emergency enlarged meeting. Kim Jong Un declared a state of emergency in the region, turning the national emergency prevention system into the largest emergency system.