Lockdown lifted after one day, news agency says

North Korea on Thursday lifted a temporary lockdown it had imposed a day earlier after reports from across the country of cases of fevers of unknown origins, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing multiple South Korean government officials.

The brief lockdown followed a military parade last week marking the anniversary of the founding of its army.

Pyongyang also held festivities a few weeks ago for the 110th birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il Sung where the country organized mass events despite maintaining strict COVID-19 border closures in place since early 2020.

It was unclear which parts of the country were under lockdown.