North Korea flies out foreign diplomats amid virus fight

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A special North Korean flight carrying presumably dozens of diplomats and other foreigners arrived in Russia’s Far East today, as the North tightens a lockdown intended to fend off the coronavirus.

North Korea has not publicly confirmed a single case of the COVID-19 illness, but its state media have reported that thousands of people have been quarantined as part of strict prevention measures, AP reported.

Seemingly dozens of passengers, most of them wearing face masks and some accompanied by children, lined up at Pyongyang International Airport. North Korean health workers wearing white protective suits scanned them for fevers.

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