Beijing, Feb. 5 -- : Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, North Korean defectors are unable to receive treatment even after facing serious coronavirus symptoms, Daily NK reported.

COVID-19 is spreading in Chinese cities and in China's countryside, Daily NK reported citing a source in China. The source revealed that North Korean defectors in China cannot receive treatment even if they are infected with the coronavirus.

"North Korean defectors in China can't receive treatment even if they are infected [with the virus]," Daily NK quoted a source in China as saying.

The source revealed that North Korean defectors in China had not received a single dose of vaccine since the pandemic began. As per the news report, people need to have an id...