Kim orders tougher virus steps after N. Korea shuns vaccines

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean person Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention run successful “our style” aft helium turned down immoderate overseas COVID-19 vaccines offered via the U.N.-backed immunization program. State media said Kim told a Politburo gathering the task of microorganism prevention was “of paramount importance” and needed worldly and method enactment and qualified wellness workers. North Korea earlier this week told the U.N. that its allotment of Sinovac doses should beryllium sent to countries with terrible outbreaks. Its allotment of AstraZeneca doses is delayed. Some experts judge North Korea whitethorn privation different vaccines and whitethorn privation to administer them strategically wrong its population.