The North Korean authorities executed a commercial official for going to a public bath while he was supposed to be in quarantine, according to the Daily Mail, quoting a South Korean media.

In the details, the newspaper stated, that the commercial official was arrested and shot immediately after his risk of spreading the infection by visiting the public bathhouse, where the commercial official was previously placed in isolation after returning from a trip to China.

There are no reports of any cases of HIV infection in Pyongyang, but experts say his presence in the country may be a disaster, due to chronic lack of health supplies and poor health-care infrastructure.