Seoul, Dec 24 : The COVAX Facility, a global vaccine distribution platform, has assigned 1.29 million doses of additional Covid-19 jabs to North Korea, a UN agency announced on Friday.
According to the Unicef’s Covid-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the addition increases the number of vaccines allocated to North Korea to 8.12 million doses, reports Yonhap News Agency.
The number is up from the previously known 6.83 million, including 4.7 million doses of COVAX allocated to the North last month.
The type of the newly allocated vaccines was not immediately known, with COVAX having assigned AstraZeneca’s vaccines for the North in its previous decisions.
The total amount is enough to inoculate around 16 percent of the North’s population, though the doses have yet to be shipped to the reclusive country.North Korea has imposed a strict border lockdown to stave off the virus since last year and claims to be coronavirus-free.
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COVAX provides additional Covid jabs for N.Korea
It was unclear what type of vaccines were being allocated, as COVAX had previously assigned AstraZeneca vaccines to the North.
Although the total dose is sufficient to cover approximately 16 percent of North America’s population it has yet to reach the remote country.
North Korea has been imposing a tight border lockdown since last year to stop the spread of the virus and is claiming to be free from coronavirus.
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