China says can't verify claim that Kim Jong Un given COVID-19 vaccine

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday responded to a media report that Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),and his family had been given a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine.

"I don't know where this came from. I can't verify it," ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at Tuesday's daily briefing at which she reaffirmed China's commitment to developing COVID-19 vaccines as a global public good.