NO RESPONSE TO US VACCINE OFFER FROM COVID IN NORTH KOREA

  • 22/05/2022

As the country confronts its first acknowledged outbreak, President Joe Biden says North Korea has not reacted to a US offer of Covid vaccines.

According to North Korea's state media, nearly 2.5 million people have been affected by a "fever," and the country is currently on lockdown.

It is expected to be more vulnerable due to a scarcity of diagnostics and vaccines.

At a news appearance in South Korea, Mr. Biden announced the offer.

 "We've offered vaccines, not only to North Korea but to China as well, and we're prepared to do that immediately," Mr Biden said in a joint appearance with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

"We've got no response," he added.

The isolated regime of North Korea has previously turned down offers of vaccines from Covax, the global vaccine-sharing scheme, and from South Korea, as well as reportedly declining other offers.

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