Kim Jong Un Orders Tougher Virus Steps After North Korea Shuns Vaccines
Kim Jong Un
Source: Korea News Service via AP Photos
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Seoul, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the U.N.-backed immunization program.
During a Politburo meeting Thursday, Kim said officials must “bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention is the task of paramount importance which must not be loosened even a moment,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.