North Korea authorities executed a high-ranking official for going to a public bath in what was supposed to be quarantine because of fears of infection with the Coronavirus, British newspaper Daily Mail reported on Friday.
The Daily Mail quoted North Korea’s Dong-e Poo newspaper as saying that the commercial official was arrested and shot immediately after he risked spreading the infection by visiting the public bath.
The commercial official, accompanied by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was visiting China recently. North Korea has not yet confirmed any cases of the virus, but has taken strict measures to prevent its spread across its border with China, according to the BBC Arabic website