{"id":53775,"date":"2023-01-17T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53775"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:21:54","slug":"north-korean-defectors-china-not-allowed-get-covid-19-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-defectors-china-not-allowed-get-covid-19-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean defectors in China not allowed to get COVID-19 vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As COVID-19 cases in China surge, North Korean defectors are unable to receive proper treatment even when confronting serious coronavirus symptoms, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in China told Daily NK on Wednesday that COVID-19 is spreading not only in Chinese cities but in the country&#8217;s countryside as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Korean defectors in China can&#8217;t receive treatment even if they are infected [with the virus],\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, North Korean defectors in China have not received even a single vaccination since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China&#8217;s government requires people to have an identity card to receive vaccinations, so North Korean defectors \u2014 who have no such IDs \u2014 cannot receive shots, even if they want them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What&#8217;s more, defectors living in agricultural villages are often unaware that home diagnostic kits for COVID-19 even exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a telephone call with Daily NK, one defector living in an undisclosed area of China said defectors cannot receive tests even if they are infected with the coronavirus, so they take cold medicine instead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe can\u2019t go anywhere without a vaccination certificate, but since we have no IDs, we can\u2019t even think about getting vaccinations,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another defector living in an undisclosed part of China said she still has no ID despite living in China for over 10 years and having children in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been unable to receive even a single vaccination shot during the last three years, and if I catch COVID-19, I have no choice but to bear it out at home,\u201d she said with frustration in her voice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against this backdrop, the number of defectors living in China who want to go to South Korea has grown since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, several defectors are now languishing in prison after they were arrested by Chinese police while attempting to go to South Korea, according to Daily NK&#8217;s source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source went on to report that many defectors in China are expressing their despair, talking of \u201cbitter sorrow\u201d about not being officially recognized by the Chinese government and how it would be \u201cbetter to die than live like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further claimed that defectors are suffering even worse COVID-19 symptoms than other Chinese people \u201cperhaps because they\u2019ve yet to receive even a single vaccination shot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome defectors have even died after suffering from COVID-19 symptoms,\u201d he said, adding, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOther defectors who have watched people die in vain are frustrated about the situation they are all in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230111-3\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As COVID-19 cases in China surge, North Korean defectors are unable to receive proper treatment even when confronting serious coronavirus symptoms, Daily NK has learned. 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