North Korea Locks Down Pyongyang , Over ‘Respiratory Illness’.
Reuters reports that North Korean authorities have issued a five-day lockdown in the nation's capital.
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According to the Russian embassy, "a special anti-epidemic period has been established.".
The lockdown order also reportedly requires citizens to take their temperatures four times daily and alert a hospital via phone.
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While there was no mention of COVID,
the notice referred to an "increase in winter cases
of recurrent flu and other respiratory diseases.".
Reuters reports that last August,
North Korea declared victory over COVID.
The country never confirmed how many COVID cases it had because of an apparent lack of testing abilities.
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South Korea's NK News reports that Pyongyang residents were stocking up on supplies in case stricter measures were implemented.
According to state news agency KCNA, the North Korean city of Kaesong has also intensified public messages...
... "so that all the working people
observe anti-epidemic regulations
voluntarily in their work and life"
US Economic Growth , Lost Momentum in 2022.
CNN reports that the U.S.
economy grew at a slower pace than
economists had predicted in the fourth quarter. .
For the last three months of 2022, inflation-adjusted
gross domestic product increased 2.6%, according
to the U.S. Commerce Department. .
The department's third and final
reading for the quarter was
originally estimated to be 2.9%. .
The actual GDP, the broadest measure of economic
activity, ended up coming in below the
department's revised estimate of 2.7%.
According to Refinitiv, economists
had also predicted that GDP would hold
steady at 2.7%, which it failed to do.
Associated Press reports that in 2022,
the U.S. economy expanded just 2.1%,
a significant drop from 5.9% in 2021. .
Overall, the report suggests
the economy was losing
momentum at the end of 2022. .
Previously, the government had
estimated a 1.4% increase
in consumer spending. .
Previously, the government had
estimated a 1.4% increase
in consumer spending. .
The annual consumer spending
rate in 2022 ended up rising
just 1% last quarter. .
AP reports that it was the weakest quarterly
gain since the COVID pandemic first impacted
the economy in the spring of 2020.
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Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra has tested positive for COVID-19, again. As per reports, Raj Kundra is in isolation, away from his dear family.
Meanwhile, popular television actress Mahhi Vij has also tested positive for Covid-19, she has revealed she tested positive for COVID-19, On Thursday, She took to Instagram and shared her health update. She said that 'this time around the strain is more severe than the previous one.' A few days back Pooja Bhatt shared an update that she has been tested positive for COVID-19. She took to her social media handle and asked everyone to mask up and to take care as COVID-19 is still very much a reality. Not only Pooja Bhatt, Anupam Kher's wife Kirron Kher, too shared that she had tested positive for COVID-19. She took to her social media handle and asked the others who met her in the past few days to get themselves tested.
#Covid19 #RiseInCovidInIndia #Bollywood
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Sir Keir Starmer brands Rishi Sunak "Mr One Percent" as the Labour leader launches his party's campaign for the May local elections. Speaking in Swindon, Wiltshire, Sir Keir claims: "One percent of asylum claims from those arriving on small boats actually processed. One percent of the fraud that was lost during Covid actually recovered". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Delhi government has issued an advisory regarding the rise in Covid cases in the national capital, with the likelihood of masks being brought back to the.. DNA
India logged 3,016 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, over 40% rise in daily tally, according to the Union health ministry data updated Thursday. It is the highest daily Covid cases recorded in nearly six months, with active caseload rising to 13,509. A total of 3,375 cases were recorded on October 2 last year.
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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has directed his administration to work for increasing the weapons-grade nuclear material in the country.
#KimJongUn #NorthKorea #Nuclearweapons
North Korea , Continues Missile Tests Amid , Joint US-South Korea Military Exercises.
'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has test-fired its 20th
and 21st missiles of 2023 following the largest joint
U.S.-South Korea military exercises in five years.
'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has test-fired its 20th
and 21st missiles of 2023 following the largest joint
U.S.-South Korea military exercises in five years.
According to a statement by South Korea's Joint
Chiefs of Staff, two short-range ballistic missiles
were fired from a site south of Pyongyang. .
The ballistic missiles reportedly
traveled 200 miles before
landing in the Sea of Japan. .
In 2022, North Korea fired
a record-breaking 70 missiles. .
In the first three months of 2023,
North Korea has already test-fired six
cruise missiles and 15 ballistic missiles.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the seventh launch
event in March highlights the "destabilizing impact"
of North Korea's missile programs.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the seventh launch
event in March highlights the "destabilizing impact"
of North Korea's missile programs.
The U.S. commitments
to the defense of the Republic
of Korea and Japan remain ironclad, USINDOPACOM statement, via 'Newsweek'.
'Newsweek' reports that North Korea's nuclear
missiles are designed to reach as far as U.S.
territory in the Pacific and beyond.
On March 28, the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
was scheduled to dock in Busan as part of ongoing
naval exercises with the South Korean Navy.
Recently, the Nimitz concluded other
military drills with Japan's Maritime
Self-Defense Force in the region
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Explosion near Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry in Kabul kills 2, many injured; Israel President Herzog calls on government to halt judicial reform legislation; Nationwide German transport strike causes major disruptions; North Korea fires ballistic missile off its east coast
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North Korea has in recent days fired ballistic missiles amid the ongoing military drills between US and South Korea. State media KCNA reported on Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea in a warning to the allies who are scaling up their joint military exercises.
#NorthKorea #US #KimJongUn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India is indeed a mother of democracy where the guiding philosophy is that of "sabka sath, sabha vikas".He.. IndiaTimes
According to the South Korean military, North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, , after protesting joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) said the missiles were fired from North Korea’s Hwanghae province shortly before 8am local time
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North Korea has announced a lockdown for 5 days in the capital city of Pyongyang due to the rising cases of respiratory illness.
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