By Sangmi Cha
SEOUL, April 21 (Reuters) - South Korea hopes the United States will help it tackle a shortage of coronavirus vaccine in return for test kits and masks Seoul sent to Washington earlier in the pandemic, the foreign minister said on Wednesday.
The government has drawn fire from the media for not doing enough to secure enough vaccines early, with just 3% of the population inoculated, due to tight global supply and limited access. We have been stressing to the United States that A friend in need is a friend indeed, the minister, Chung Eui-yong, told reporters at the Kwanhun Club of South Korean journalists.
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