North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for nationwide lockdowns after the nuclear-armed country confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19, state media said.
Mr Kim "called on all the cities and counties of the whole country to thoroughly lock down their areas," the official KCNA news agency said.
Factories, businesses and homes should be closed down and reorganised "to flawlessly and perfectly block the spread vacuum of the malicious virus," it added.
It comes as North Korea has confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19, with state media declaring it a "severe national emergency incident" after more than two years of purportedly keeping the pandemic at bay.