Update at 11 a.m. May 12 KST: North Korean state media confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak in Pyongyang.

Lockdown orders appear to be in effect for residents of Pyongyang, informed sources told NK News, a day after North Korean authorities ordered everyone in the capital to return home.

Residents in the city abruptly canceled meetings and formed long lines at bus stops in the capital on Tuesday afternoon, sources told NK News, due to a “nationwide lockdown” and unspecified “national problem.”

Multiple sources in the city have also heard reports of panic buying leading to product shortages due to