North Korea bans foreign diplomats from leaving Russia Russia Tas News February 29 4:52

Russia's state-run Tas News has reported that North Korea has taken measures to prevent outings to foreign diplomats stationed in North Korea to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus.

That is why Germany, France and Switzerland have decided to temporarily close the embassy in Pyongyang.

Also, diplomats from the three countries are planning to leave North Korea on June 6 on a temporary flight from Pyongyang, operated by North Korean state-owned Koryo Airlines, to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East.

The status of the new coronavirus infection in North Korea is unknown, but state media has reported that no cases have been infected.