China has given North Korean leader Kim Jong-un an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a US analyst has claimed, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources.
Harry Kazianis, a North Korea expert at the Center for the National Interest think tank in Washington, said members of the Kim family and several senior North Korean officials had also been vaccinated.
It was unclear which company had supplied its drug candidate and whether it had proven to be safe, he added. Citing US medical scientist Peter J.
Hotez, he said at least three Chinese companies were developing a coronavirus vaccine, including Sinovac Biotech Ltd, CanSinoBio and Sinophram Group. "Kim Jong-un and multiple other high-ranking officials within the Kim family and