North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed a city on the border with the South under full lockdown after news spread that a former defector returned carrying the coronavirus.
While officials from the South said the individuals in question wasn't actually infected with the virus, panic spread across the northern peninsula, and following a meeting of the state's Politburo, Kaesong City was placed on lockdown.
A local news agency said the man had shown symptoms of the coronavirus and was placed on quarantine. The country continues to insist no cases of the virus have been confirmed.