In the United States, the spread of the mutant virus is not unusual. Although the spread of the coronavirus has slowed a little this year due to vaccinations, etc., there are concerns that another great spread will come in March.
This is Kim Jong-won from New York.
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As the quarantine and vaccinations are spurred, the recent corona crisis in the United States is gradually easing.
[바이든/미국 대통령 : 지난 5주간의 노력의 결과로 미국은 전 세계에서 가장 백신을 많이 맞은 나라가 됐습니다.]
But now, mutant viruses are the problem.
It is predicted that the corona crisis in the US, which is showing signs of calm, will worsen again in March due to various mutant viruses.
Most worrisome is the mutant virus found in New York, and the New York mutant virus, first discovered in November, has surged by nearly 13% over the past two weeks.
The New York mutant virus appears to be more resistant to vaccines than other existing mutant viruses, raising concerns that it may defeat the currently developed vaccine.
New mutant viruses are found in California as well as the New York virus, while the existing UK virus also doubles every ten days.
[마이클 오스터홀름/미네소타대 전염병연구정책센터 소장 : 영국발 변이가 미 전역에서 빠르게 확산하고 있습니다. 앞으로 3주에서 5주 안에 미국에서 감염자 수가 가파르게 증가할 걸로 봅니다.]
U.S. health officials are accelerating’gene sequencing’, the work of deciphering viral gene sequences to combat mutated viruses.