Hong Jung-ik, director-general of infectious disease policy at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, stated in a radio interview that health authorities do not plan to raise the Covid alert level but are ensuring adequate supplies of treatments and testing kits, according to Yonhap news agency.
CM Revanth Reddy, who recently returned from a 10-day visit to the US and South Korea, announced that the Telangana government delegation met with the World Bank President during the US visit. “I’m pleased to share that our discussions with the World Bank representatives were positive, focusing on extending financial assistance at low-interest rates for state development,” CM Revanth Reddy said during his Independence Day speech after hoisting the national flag at the historic Golconda Fort.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that 861 people were admitted to 220 hospitals nationwide for Covid-19 during the first week of August, the highest number since early February, according to Yonhap news agency.
Warning comes after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claims "dirty leaflets and things" discovered in border region
South Korea conducts live-fire drills along its disputed western sea boundary — its first since it suspended a 2018 agreement with North aimed at reducing frontline military tensions in early June