(MENAFN- Khaama Press) PYONGYANG – North Korea is further hardening restrictions on entering its maritime boundary as part of elevated steps to avoid the coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Sunday.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the country is mobilising more anti-virus units and establishing strong steps to 'completely remove uncivilised and unhygienic elements that could help make room for the spread of an epidemic' at winter, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/29/north-korea-toughens-rules-of-entry-to-sea-to-fight-coronavirus as Aljazeera reported.

The measures came a time North peninsula fears a possible outbreak amid freezing whether that has just started to set people home for safety.

KCNA said officials were building firm anti-epidemic measures along border areas to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country.

North Korea maintains no single virus case found on its territory, though outside experts have widely questioned such a claim, swiftly sealing its borders.

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Since the beginning of coronavirus outbreak, the North police in between the Korean border comply with a 'shoot-to-kill' order to prevent the virus from entering the country.

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