Unvaccinated North Korean Soldiers Told To Use Saltwater

Owing to a shortage of vaccine inventory shipped from China, only soldiers who were off-base were vaccinated. As a result, unvaccinated North Korean soldiers were told to use saltwater and other types of traditional medicine to treat the virus.

Due to a vaccination shortage in North Korea, the leadership is instructing unvaccinated soldiers to resort to unproven traditional cures should they develop coronavirus symptoms, according to RFA sources.

North Korea has been obtaining Chinese vaccinations for military usage and has staged well-publicized army immunization campaigns. However, not every member of the military has received the so-called "potion of love" from the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.

Conversely, they have been instructed to seek unproven folk cures if they become ill.

"Fever continues to emerge among soldiers who could not be vaccinated due to a lack of vaccines," a resident of South Hwanghae province on the peninsula's western coast told RFA's Korean Se...

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