{"id":4570,"date":"2022-09-09T04:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/kim-jong-un-suggests-north-korea-may-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T04:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:23:22","slug":"kim-jong-un-suggests-north-korea-may-begin-covid-19-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/kim-jong-un-suggests-north-korea-may-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un suggests North Korea may begin COVID-19 vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suggested that the isolated country could begin COVID-19 vaccinations in November, state media reported on Friday (Sep 9).<\/p>\n<p>In a speech on Thursday to the North Korean national assembly, Kim cited World Health Organization (WHO) warnings that the winter could see a resurgence in coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, along with responsible vaccination, we should recommend that all residents wear masks to protect their health from November,&#8221; he said, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has not confirmed administering any COVID-19 vaccinations, although customs records show that it has imported some unspecified vaccines from China this year.<\/p>\n<p>Last month Kim declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered the lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May though adding that North Korea must maintain a \u201csteel-strong anti-epidemic barrier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suggested that the isolated country could begin COVID-19 vaccinations in November, state media reported on Friday (Sep 9). In a speech on Thursday to the North Korean national assembly, Kim cited World Health Organization (WHO) warnings that the winter could see a resurgence in coronavirus infections. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,181,6],"tags":[77,76,67],"class_list":["post-4570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-covid-19","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-north-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}