At a bilateral summit in Seoul, the United States and South Korea on Saturday offered help to North Korea to fight the Covid-19 epidemic as the country, which has still not reopened its borders since January 2020, claims to be experiencing a particularly significant wave of "
fevers
".
“
Both leaders express concern over the recent Covid-19 outbreak
” in North Korea and “ stand
ready to work with the international community to provide assistance
” to Pyongyang, according to a joint statement.
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Joe Biden said he offered vaccines to Pyongyang but "
got no response
".
“
We have offered vaccines, not only to North Korea but also to China, and we are ready to do that immediately
,” the head of state said during questions from the press.
