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North Korea has reported what it describes as the country's first suspected case of coronavirus. State media said a person who defected to South Korea three years ago last week returned across the demarcation line with Covid-19 symptoms. Leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency meeting with top officials, imposing a lockdown in the border city of Kaesong. News agency KCNA said a runaway who went to the south three years ago - a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus - returned on 19 July after illegally crossing the demarcation line. On Sunday (26-7), a South Korean military official said there were "high chances" that an individual had illegally crossed into the North and that an investigation had been launched//bbc