The loudspeaker continually issues notices to ensure personal hygiene, foreign ambassadors are not even allowed to leave diplomatic premises.

State media requires people to strictly comply with requests from health officials. Diplomats call these "unprecedented measures" taken by North Korea to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The North Korean government is using all means to prevent nCoV from spreading from China, its close ally, and its largest economic partner.

Pyongyang closed its border, quarantining the country from the world as soon as the Covid-19 epidemic broke out in China's Wuhan city, then applied a 30-day quarantine to people from the epidemic area. . Analysts say this is the most effective self-defense measure for a country with weak health infrastructure like North Korea.

North Korea's central news agency KCNA said the government is stepping up its anti-virus campaign by examining each family's health and distributing announcements on hygienic hygiene through loudspeakers nationwide.

Foreigners living in North Korea also face strict restrictions such as having to isolate themselves in their own homes since early February. Diplomats are not allowed to move around the capital Pyongyang.

"The embassy did not have a diplomatic letter, nor did we obtain medicine and necessities for the medical room. The situation affected people's psychology," said Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora. /2.

Russian diplomats could only go outside to take out the garbage, and North Korean officials immediately sprayed disinfectant against a garbage truck at the embassy gate. Orthodox churches, dojo, rollerblading areas, swimming pools, Korean language classes and painting are all closed.

Diplomatic work stalled when all meetings with North Korean officials and other embassies were canceled. Contacting local officials is only done by phone or a special mailbox. "Only a special country like North Korea can take such a measure to deal with a matter of national importance. These are special actions," Ambassador Matsegora said.

North Korea has not recorded any cases of nCoV infection, but state media reports that some people are in quarantine after symptoms. Experts say Pyongyang will be difficult to control if the outbreak is caused by a lack of medical supplies and poor health facilities.

The Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in 39 countries and territories after its onset in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The world currently records more than 80,000 nCoV infections, more than 2,700 deaths and more than 30,000 people have been cured. 49 deaths from nCoV outside of mainland China were recorded in Japan, Korea, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Iran and Italy.