South koreas military earlier said the man went missing from a vessel near yeonpyeong island on monday, a day before he was spotted floating in the north waters of the yellow sea. They shot the man dead and burned his body. Officials said the north explained its troops fired more than ten shots as the man was trying to flee. The north also reportedly said its personnel didntt finthe mans body but burned the flotation material he used in accordance with covid19 guidelines. The north also said it would do its utmost to prevent something similar from happening again, to avoid damaging relations between pyongyang and seoul. For more insight we spoke to a doctor in seoul, a Research Fellow at the institute for north korean studies. From the standpoint of north korea, it must have realized that making the excuse that he was, and that he was for prevention of covid19 outbreak would not satisfy angry south korean public,c, so it needs to express at least a minimum amountnt of sincere apology a
Wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls arent working. Its the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. The number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. The big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. And remembering a long life, lived well. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life. But first, The Government says its a hugely significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus. Ten Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of the Covid Vaccine. But at Prime Ministers questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the Vaccine Programme was his governments reluctance to order the complete closure of the uks borders to limit the arrival of new st
We are placing people into hotel rooms on a daily basis. We have opened four hotel rooms for the noncovid Homeless Population in a very short period of time. There is another one opening today. And more opening over the course of the next week in rapid in a rapid approach. Reporter okay, thank you. That concludes all the questions for todays press conference. I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on L
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Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comments to board. Gov. Supervisors sfgov. Org. Thank you, mr. President. Ok. Thank you. We have a we will be having supervisor fewer sharing an update from the Emergency Operations center. So we will come back to this after our 2 00 p. M. Special order. So madame clerk, before we get started, just a friendly re