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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham was an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter.
The U.S. is deeply concerned about the "vulnerability" of the North Korean people to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the State Department said Thursday.
In a statement, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus also said that the U.S. is ready to help speed up the approval process for international projects aimed at preventing a potential epidemic in the country.