There are stories that North Korea has already started vaccinating against coronavirus.
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According to the Hankook Ilbo on the 15th, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported that North Korea bought Russia’s Corona 19 vaccine and started vaccinating it. Russia has approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine’Sputnik V’. The Asahi Shimbun reported that an official who was enthusiastic about the situation in North Korea said that North Korea purchased a vaccine from Russia and started vaccination against the officials and officials of the Korean Workers’ Party.
The Asahi Shimbun reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seems to have started vaccination as an additional measure to resume economic activities in North Korea, saying that it seems that he will not be vaccinated at a stage where safety has not been confirmed. It also revealed that North Korea is trying to fight COVID-19 by purchasing thermal imaging cameras from China.
In the report, the Chinese news agency commented that “it is not reliable” and “it is not possible, but it is difficult to confirm.”
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The Ministry of Unification announced on the 8th that it should provide North Korea with COVID-19 treatment and vaccines. Unification Minister Lee In-young said that there has been no response from North Korea regarding the supply of vaccines yet, while “making North Korea safe from coronavirus is directly connected to the safety of the Republic of Korea, so we are protecting ourselves.”
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