North Korea recorded more than 2.6 million cases of ‘fever’, why has it not received a vaccine?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the Politburo meeting on the response to COVID-19 – Photo: REUTERS

According to Reuters news agency, an unnamed White House official said that the current anti-epidemic restrictions may be the reason North Korea has not been able to arrange diplomatic exchanges about the offer of a COVID-19 vaccine. 19 of America.

North Korea is under a nationwide blockade to prevent the disease from spreading.

In a report on May 22, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that North Korea recorded more than 186,090 people with “fever” on May 21, bringing the number of “fever” cases nationwide to more than now. 2.6 million cases.

According to BBC, nThe Northeast Asian country’s COVID-19 testing and vaccine resources are not abundant.

During a joint press conference with President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on May 21 during a visit to South Korea, President Biden said: “We offer to support North Korea with vaccines, not only North Korea but also North Korea. China. We are ready to supply immediately.”

However, “we didn’t get a response,” Biden said.

Previously, North Korea also refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine supply mechanism, as well as an offer to donate a vaccine from South Korea.

At the time, North Korea confidently claimed to have succeeded in containing COVID-19 outside its borders, but many experts suggested that the virus that causes COVID-19 may have been present in North Korea.

Back to the present day, in the context of many cases with fever symptoms, newspapers in North Korea have published articles advising on methods of reducing fever such as drinking herbal tea, gargling with salt water, drinking pain relievers such as ibuprofen.

Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials for not doing a good job of distributing the national drug stockpile.

Also within the framework of his visit to South Korea, Mr. Biden said he was willing to meet the North Korean leader under suitable conditions. “It’s going to depend on whether he’s serious and sincere,” Biden said.