Vaccination has begun in Europe, but the trend of patient growth in each country remains unabated. Britain, with the number of confirmed cases exceeding 58,000 a day, has decided to raise the level of quarantine further, and Germany has closed all stores except for selling daily necessities by the end of this month.
This is reporter Kim Jung-ki.
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Yesterday (4th), the number of new corona19 confirmed by the British government on one day was 58,700.
The number of new confirmed cases per day is hitting 50,000 for a week.
As the spread of infections did not stop after the discovery of the mutant virus, British Prime Minister Johnson announced the introduction of a third blockade in a speech to the public on TV.
[보리스 존슨/영국 총리 : 보건 고문들은 대응 수준을 5단계로 올릴 것을 권고했고 그러지 않으면 21일 안에 전국 의료 체계에 과부하가 올 것이라고 지적했습니다.]
The strongest action ever taken by the British government is to leave the home only to buy groceries, medicines, exercise, etc., while restaurants are only allowed to package and deliver.
All schools except Kindergarten will also be transitioning to distance classes by the middle of next month.
Germany, which has nearly 10,000 confirmed cases a day, has also extended a total blockade by the end of this month, closing all stores except for places selling daily necessities.
In France, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 2.65 million, but only 516 people have been vaccinated so far.
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration’s FDA has warned that claims to change vaccination regimens to get more people vaccinated faster are premature at this point, and to follow the approved method.
(Video editing: Jung Yonghwa)