NKorea has first suspected virus case

By By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith
Updated July 26 2020 - 2:01pm, first published 1:57pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened an emergency politburo meeting.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened an emergency politburo meeting.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border.

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