North Korea official suspected of having coronavirus 'shot dead for trip to public baths'

A trade official has reportedly been killed by a firing squad after defying coronavirus quarantine orders in the authoritarian Asian country, while a National Security Agency official was sent to work on a farm for similar offences

A North Korean official has reportedly been executed after he broke the terms of his coronavirus quarantine.

The trade official had been placed in medical quarantine after returning to the authoritarian country from China.

After the government worker was caught going to a public bath however, he was arrested and immediately shot, North Korean sources told Donga.

A different official, who worked at the country's National Security Agency, was demoted to working on a farm because he hid a recent trip to China.

The North Korean government has claimed that there have been no cases of coronavirus within its borders but this has not been independently verified.

The suggestion has been met with scepticism by those outside the country, which shares a border with China where tens of thousands of cases have been confirmed.

“The North Korean authorities have told FAO that there are no cases of the new coronavirus, but we are suspicious of such claims,” Bir Mandal of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization told Korea Biomed.

tsephanyah:
Frustrating to see smart people not getting it, this thing is basically the flu. Last flu season 60 million people had the flu and 57,000 people died from complications of the flu, most were elderly or already sick from something else.

sylvestersamuel1:
North Korea official suspected of having coronavirus 'shot dead for trip to public baths'

A trade official has reportedly been killed by a firing squad after defying coronavirus quarantine orders in the authoritarian Asian country, while a National Security Agency official was sent to work on a farm for similar offences

A North Korean official has reportedly been executed after he broke the terms of his coronavirus quarantine.
The trade official had been placed in medical quarantine after returning to the authoritarian country from China.

tsephanyah:
Frustrating to see smart people not getting it, this thing is basically the flu. Last flu season 60 million people had the flu and 57,000 people died from complications of the flu, most were elderly or already sick from something else.