Koreas to meet this week for talks on cooperation in medical, health sectors
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Officials of South and North Korea will meet this week to discuss cooperation in medical and health sectors, including exchanging information on infectious diseases, the unification ministry said Monday.
The meeting will be held Wednesday at the joint liaison office in the North's border town of Kaesong. This follows up on an agreement in November to cooperate in preventing the spread of infectious diseases and exchange information on such diseases on a trial basis this year.
Kwon Jun-wook, a senior health and welfare ministry official, will head a South Korean delegation to the talks. His North Korean counterpart will be Kim Yun-chol, an official of the North's health ministry.
During the meeting, the two sides are expected to exchange influenza-related information and share data on infectious diseases that could affect their countries next year, the ministry said.
kokobj@yna.co.kr
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