Coronavirus: Give To Countries In “Greater Need”: North Korea Rejects China-Made Vaccines


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North Korea rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine. (File) Seoul: North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, suggesting they should be given to countries in greater need, Unicef said Thursday. The impoverished North was the first country to impose a strict lockdown when it sealed its border in January last year to stop the virus spreading from neighbouring China, where it first emerged before sweeping the world. Pyongyang insists it has yet to see any cases of the virus -- a claim that analysts doubt -- but it has paid...