US has no plans to share COVID-19 vaccines with North Korea

Covid hospital work . File photoWASHINGTON, May 12The US does not plan to directly share coronavirus vaccines with North Korea, but supports international humanitarian aid programs for the country, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. North Korea previously reported the first case of COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the global pandemic.Biden claims one million deaths from COVID-19 in the US»The US has no plans to share vaccines right now with the DPRK. We continue to support international efforts aimed at providing critical humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable North Koreans,» Psaki said. She expressed regret that the North Korean authorities repeatedly refused to supply coronavirus vaccines through the international COVAX program. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country was «suddenly» in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus and ordered the government to «idea Not a single Russian in Pyongyang is sick with COVID-19, the embassy said