SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Tuesday raised its alert level against the A/H1N1 influenza from the second-highest to the top level as the pace of the virus spread is growing faster.

    The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs announced that it has decided to revise up the alert from the second-highest "orange" to the highest "red" level, calling on its people to pay closer attention.

    It also said it would launch the country's first central anti-disaster headquarters to deal with the disease.

    The move comes as there were an average 8,857 people confirmed as having infected the Influenza A every day last week from 4,420 tallied the week before. 

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