Disinfecting a store in Pyongyang. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 1Russia has offered North Korea to supply its COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and test systems, as well as to send its specialists, but there has been no reaction yet, RIA Novosti was told at the Russian Embassy in DPRK. Earlier it was reported that North Korea, due to the appearance of cases of coronavirus in the country, put into operation an «emergency anti-epidemic system of the highest level.» Although the Korean authorities did not contact the Russian side about assistance in overcoming the coronavirus epidemic, we, on our own initiative, supply vaccines, medicines and test systems here, send specialists,» the embassy said. The diplomatic mission added that there was no reaction to the proposal yet. «If our initiative still interests them, we will try to do this work promptly and at the appropriate level,» the embassy noted. registered 96 thousand patients with high fever
